Articles in the General News Category

By Veronica Corr Peter Conlon, eldest son of former elected representative and Carrickmacross community activist Mary Kerr- Conlon, won the seat vacated by his mother upon her recent retirement midway through the Local Authority’s current term, at a Fine Gael Selection Convention on Thursday night last in the Shirley Arms Hotel. His co-option onto Monaghan County Council will be ratified at the next meeting of the Local Authority in September, after the Summer break. It was a well-attended event and just before 10pm, Returning Officer John Lohan, confirmed that they ...

By Veronica Corr Gardaí have confirmed that a male was remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison until July 25th at Monday’s sitting of Carrickmacross District Court in Monaghan Courthouse. The defendant was before the court on charges of criminal damage arising from an incident at Cloughvalley Stores at approximately 5am on Sunday morning. The man was arrested at the scene and subsequently charged with a number of criminal damage offences including damaging fuel pumps in the forecourt, the shop front and a vehicle with a teleporter, during the incident. It is ...

By Veronica Corr The premiere is planned in Brussels, but The Northern Standard are told that there’ll be a screening in ‘Blayney too, as town native Councillor Aoife Mc- Cooey is one of three women featuring in a documentary about European politics. The Fianna Fáil representative is also the only elected representative featured in the documentary commissioned by the Alliance of Liberal Democrats Europe (ALDE). ALDE is the larger grouping Fianna Fáil forms part of, at European level. Councillor Mc- Cooey represents the party on Monaghan County Council and Carrickmacross/Castleblayney ...

Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD has announced a timely financial boost for the Castleblayney and Tydavnet agricultural shows which are set to be staged once again this summer after being deferred for a number of years due to the restrictions attendant to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Co Monaghan events are among a list of 119 agricultural shows taking place in the coming months which will each receive allocations of up to €6,000, based on vouched expenditure. “I know how much agricultural ...

The vital Co Monaghan poultry sector went into a mode of heightened vigilance this week following reports that at least seven cases of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza or bird flu had been confirmed by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. The strain is thought to be circulating in breeding wild birds along the coastlands of Northern Ireland and the UK mainland. Sea birds at Portrush West Strand, Portbalintrea and on Rathlin Island in Co Antrim have tested positive. The strain had caused “significant ...

Town has 51 derelict properties, Municipal District informed A call was made at Monday’s meeting of the Ballybay-Clones Municipal District for the owners of vacant residential and commercial properties in Ballybay to step up their engagement with the local authority with a view to implementing a scheme of urban regeneration in the town. It was stated that a recent survey had identified as many as 51 properties in the town that could be classified as derelict. Fine Gael councillor Sean Gilliland told the meeting that the potential existed in Ballybay for ...

Monaghan Harps GFC are hosting a commemorative night in their clubhouse tomorrow, Friday evening in tribute to the late Brendan Óg ‘Óige’ Ó Dufaigh, the 19-year-old footballer who was killed in a car accident in Clontibret on July 16 last year on his way home from Brewster Park, Enniskillen, where he had captained Monaghan U-20s to victory over Donegal in the Ulster semi-final.

A new exhibition, “Burning the Big House”, prepared by leading Irish historian Professor Terence Dooley, who grew up in Killanny in Co Monaghan, was launched at Maynooth University this week. The exhibition, which deals with the experiences of the Irish aristocracy during the War of Independence and Civil War periods, was launched by Cavan/Monaghan TD and Government Minister Heather Humphreys in the university’s John Paul II Library. The acclaimed Co Monaghan historian and author is currently the Director of the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates ...

that a Do Not Consume notice issued in relation to the water supply in Cootehill remained in place. The notice was issued to Cootehill residents and business owners following the detection of elevated levels of manganese in the town’s water treatment plant. The problem has arisen due to environmental and technical issues, Irish Water stated. Irish Water has advised that boiling water will not make it suitable for consumption. Water tankers will be provided at the Darley National School and the White Horse Hotel for local people. Irish Water said ...

Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth has called on Health Minister Stephen Donnelly TD to address the impact in Co Monaghan of the restructuring of Doctor on Call services, and the pressures currently being faced by the county’s GPs. In a Topical Issues debate in the Dáil on Thursday last, Deputy Smyth also called for the Minor Injury Unit service at Monaghan Hospital to be extended to a 24-hour service. Speaking to the Northern Standard this week, Deputy Smyth said she had raised the reconfiguration of North East Doctor On ...