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“A strong campaigner on behalf of local issues and a committed advocate of the people of the town,” was one of the phrases used by Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher yesterday when he paid tribute to the late Lorcan Ronaghan of Drumcarn, Latlurcan in Monaghan Town, who passed away on Tuesday of this week. A Fianna Fáil representative on Monaghan Urban District Council and Town Council for a long number of years, Mr Ronaghan was also a very successful local businessman who helped establish a family pharmacy that continues to ...

Monaghan Co Council passed a motion at its meeting on Monday last condemning a recent Sunday Independent article by the GAA pundit Joe Brolly in which he likened Clones on Ulster Final Day to Calcutta. outrage at the tone of references in the column to Clones, with some suggesting that the article could damage the town’s ambitions to remain the home of the provincial decider and other significant Ulster games once the redevelopment of Belfast’s Casement Park is complete. Motion proposer Councillor Richard Truell of Fine Gael demanded an apology ...

Significant progress has been recorded by Monaghan Town in the latest Anti-Litter League table published by the IBAL or Irish Businesses Against Litter organisation. The county capital is back in the top ten of the 40 Irish towns and cities which IBAL periodically assesses for litter control performance. Local Tidy Towns Chairperson Emer Brennan told the Northern Standard that Monaghan’s return to top ten status was very welcome. “It is a credit to all involved,” Ms Brennan stated, “including our Municipal District staff, our very supportive Environment Officer Sharon Finnegan, ...

A call was made by Independent public representative Paudge Connolly at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council for an examination of the legal validity of EirGrid’s right to access lands without their owners’ consent in order to progress construction of the northsouth interconnector project. Councillor Connolly proposed that the Council request its legal advisers to determine whether the legislation being cited by EirGrid and ESB Networks to access land in relation to the interconnector’s construction, which was enacted in 1927, permitted such access to take place to facilitate what was ...

Two pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinics will be held in Carrickmacross and Monaghan Town this week. The first clinic will be held in Carrickmacross Primary Care Centre on the Oriel Road today, Thursday June 16 from 2-5 pm. Those aged 12 years and over may avail of Dose 1, Dose 2 and booster vaccines while those who are 65 who are eligible for their second booster may also attend. Walk-ins are welcome. The second pop-up clinic will be held at Monaghan Primary Care Centre, St Davnet’s Campus, Monaghan tomorrow, Friday June ...

All-Ireland Quarter Finals AT A GLANCE JACK MADDEN Kerry v Mayo The Mayo wagon trundles on, as we all should have predicted it would. With each passing round has come a steeper ascent, and but for Lee Keegan, the wheels could have come off at nearly every stage so far. Monaghan’s conquerors stumbled again against Kildare, but they got the job done again. Next time they will need so much more, and part of the resolution to that equation is Ryan O’Donoghue. Late goals from a full-back and a replacement midfielder shrouded ...

COLM SHALVEY REPORTS MONAGHAN………0-01MEATH……………..1-13 Monaghan’s senior ladies have it all to do in Group B after falling to a onesided defeat against All-Ireland champions Meath made at a blustery Drumhowan last Saturday. A 25th-minute goal by Kelsey Nesbitt doubled Meath’s lead to six, effectively putting them beyond reach, even at that stage, with an inexperienced Monaghan team – who had to wait almost until the end of the first half for their first shot from play – spending much of the third quarter penned into their own half against the breeze. After ...

By Veronica Corr It was a long time coming, but it was worth the wait! Monaghan County Council, Inniskeen Enterprise Development Group and the community of Inniskeen seized the opportunity to celebrate the official opening of the Patrick Kavanagh Centre on Thursday morning last, June 2nd 2022, the way they had intended to before the pandemic struck. The renovation of the centre cost an estimated €1.2 million and the modern interior designed to appeal to international audiences was heaving with activity, as was the sacred space outside it, where Castleblayney ...

On the opening morning of Bord Bia Bloom in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Monaghan garden designer, Benny Magennis received a Silver medal for The Minions Garden sponsored by Universal Pictures at this year’s event. Based in Co Monaghan, Benny Magennis is heavily involved in the creative art and visual industry across Ireland. He works through a variety of mediums, from product and furniture design to realising concept installations for public spaces and brands, as well as set design and activation for festivals and events. Benny graduated from the National ...

By Veronica Corr Castle Leslie in Glaslough was the stunning venue Fáilte Ireland chose to launch its five-year Monaghan Destination and Experience Development Plan (DEDP) on Thursday afternoon last, June 2nd, in conjunction with Monaghan County Council. This is a hugely ambitious and important strategy for the county and its tourism sector, a fact which was recognised by the presence of not one but two Government Cabinet members, who just happen to hail from the county. Minister Catherine Martin (Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media) from Carrickmacross and Minister ...