Articles in the General News Category

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael politicians from the Cavan/Monaghan constituency “must have stayed silent” on the decision of the Government to withdraw funding from the major N2 road development project from Clontibret to the Border, Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy told the Dáil this week. During a debate on transport issues, Deputy Carthy described the road network in Co Monaghan as “in a deplorable state”. The Sinn Féin Cavan/Monaghan Deputy was scathing in his criticism of Transport Minister Eamon Ryan TD, describing him as “out of his depth” and criticising ...

A significant impact on trade in the Border area could result if the UK Government press ahead with the introduction of legislation that would enable it to override aspects of the Northern Ireland Protocol, commentators warned this week. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a Conservative party vote of confidence this week but fears have emerged that he will introduce a Bill that would overturn important elemenst of the Protocol in order to placate Tory hard-liners. RTÉ yesterday quoted sources which indicated that a Bill was to be brought before ...

Remote working opportunities are to be significantly expanded in Co Monaghan thanks to funding announced by Government Minister Heather Humphreys yesterday (Wednesday). Six remote working hubs in Co Monaghan are to have further development financed and there is also money for Monaghan Co Monaghan to promote the remote working ethos. The Cavan/Monaghan Deputy and Minister for Rural and Community Development said the “old normal” of pre-Covid working practices was now a thing of the past. She said remote working opportunities had been “a game-changer” for thousands of people and the ...

COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan manager Séamus McEnaney was incensed after his side exited the All-Ireland SFC amid a controversial finish against Mayo in Castlebar. 2021 All-Ireland finalists Mayo, who had led almost throughout the game, were almost caught at the end when they gifted Monaghan possession inside their own square, but for the second time during the final stages, the visitors’ appeals for a penalty were waved away by Barry Cassidy. McEnaney said: “I’m not going to sugar-coat things here. We are very disappointed. We think it was a stonewall penalty ...

By Veronica Corr There was a full house for the 50th anniversary celebration of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann’s (CCÉ) Carrickmacross Branch, which took place in The Shirley Arms on Friday night last, where the present committee honoured the founding members of the local voluntary organisation. This joyful event was officiated by Minister Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, who was delighted to be back in her hometown with her husband Green Party Deputy Francis Noel Duffy, also a native of Carrickmacross, and their children Turlough, Tadhg ...

The Government was committed to prioritising further investment to deliver significant reductions in the cost of childcare to parents, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman TD told a national childcare conference held in the Garage Theatre in Monaghan Town on Saturday last. The event marked the 25th anniversary of the National Childhood Network – originally the Border Counties Childcare Network – and drew delegates from across the country, who were welcomed by Monaghan’s Denise McCormilla, the departing network CEO, who was the recipient of warm and ...

The stakes couldn’t be higher in this weekend’s Monaghan and Mayo match-up in the All-Ireland qualifiers – JACK MADDEN believes the winner-takes-all context will suit the temperament of Séamus McEnaney’s side football, the history books would suggest Mayo and Monaghan are little other than strangers. Few need any reminder that Monaghan have reached just one All- Ireland final in our history, back in 1930. Mayo have appeared in the showpiece event 18 times, but they too have had their hardship, winning only three of those finals, the last of which ...

Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan put their All-Ireland SFC hopes on the line when they travel to Castlebar for a first-round qualifier this Saturday. It’s as challenging a draw as it could have been for Monaghan, handing them a first-ever SFC meeting with Mayo, although it could be what they needed to refocus the minds after the disappointment of the Ulster semi-final loss to Derry, who of course went on to end their 24-year wait for a provincial title last Sunday. While this is a first championship meeting between the counties, these ...

The HSE Vaccination Centre for Co Monaghan which had operated at the Glencarn Hotel in Castleblayney during the latter part of the intensive period of the Covid-19 pandemic closed on Monday last, May 23. The HSE said the closure was in accordance with its national operating model for the next phase of the delivery of the vaccination programme over the coming months, which involved a reduction in the number of vaccination centres across the country. “We are reducing the number of our large vaccination sites because at this point we ...

If you can’t get a taxi in Co Monaghan at night, the fault lies not with local transport operators but with the Taxi Regulator. So Monaghan Town businessman Patrick Gilsenan, proprietor of the long-established Call-A-Car taxi and minibus service, told the Northern Standard this week in an interview in which he appealed to local TD and Government Minister Heather Humphreys to intervene in order to have regulatory controls on the sector eased. “I am calling on Minister Humphreys to make urgent representations to the National Transport Authority and the Taxi ...