Articles in the General News Category

Monaghan face Derry on Sunday to keep alive their Ulster title challenge Colm Shalvey reports Ulster SFC Final is the prize on offer as Monaghan take on Derry in Armagh this Sunday. Both teams go into this one on the back of double-digits wins, but while Monaghan’s comfortable path past an out-of-sorts Down was widely predicted in advance, the other side of the draw produced a red-letter day for Derry as they turned over All-Ireland champions Tyrone on their home soil. Tyrone were far from their best on the day, having lost ...

The major Clontibret to the Border road project on the N2 is now facing suspension after failing to receive funding in 2022. The management report before the members of Monaghan Co Council at their meeting on Monday stated that, as of April 19, no funding had been made available to the scheme, and the Council was in discussion with Jacobs Consulting Engineers in relation to their design contract. “It is hoped that a suspension of the current contract can be agreed, with a view to the contract status being reviewed ...

An additional 60 refugees from the war in Ukraine had now arrived in Co Monaghan, Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council was informed. Orla Brady of the Council’s Community Development Section said the additional numbers were separate to the official group of 40 refugees who had been sent to Co Monaghan on April 3 by IPAS or the International Protection Accommodation Service and had come to the county from other sources to families already in the area. The relevant agencies were working with these individuals, she pointed out. Updating the ...

The long campaign to equip Ballybay Fire Service personnel with a modern station facility reached a successful conclusion at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The elected members endorsed a planning and development recommendation which will facilitate the construction of a new 504 square metre, two-bay fire station with a training tower and ancillary accommodation at Corrybrennan, Ballybay. 2024 is the completion date set for the project. In a report presented at Monday’s meeting, Co Council Senior Planner Adrian Hughes said that the planning authority “is satisfied that the proposed ...

Hannah Potts and Louise McChesney of Monaghan Collegiate School will compete at the World Junk Kouture Final in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates later this year. The Collegiate pupils’ Queen of Cutlery creation, using metal forks, knives and spoons, was one of nine entries selected by the judges to represent Ireland at the world event when the live national Dublin City final took place on Thursday, May 5 last. Hannah and Louise were recipients of a vote of congratulations on their achievement at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co ...

Campaigns to have the hours of operation at the Minor Injury Unit located at Monaghan Hospital expanded, and to have urgent improvements made in ambulance availability in the Monaghan area, gathered further momentum at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Correspondence from the RCSI Hospital Group to the Council, which outlined in detail the number using the Monaghan MIU on a monthly basis since its establishment in 2010, was challenged as a “smoke and mirrors” exercise by Sinn Féin councillor Seán Conlon. Councillor Conlon said the statistics were being used ...

Visitors from the USA who arrived at Monaghan Bus Station at the weekend were confronted by offensive graffiti and walls and cubicles smeared with excrement when they entered the toilet facility, Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council was informed. The issue was brought to light by Fine Gael councillor David Maxwell, who said he had photographs of the toilet area which showed it to be “an absolute disgrace”. Councillor Maxwell said he had been informed by American tourists who came to Monaghan at the weekend that when they went to ...

Colm Shalvey reports A place in the Ulster MFC semi-finals is up for grabs when Monaghan welcome Donegal to Clones this Saturday. Having put a heavy opening defeat behind them to win their last three Uster MFL games, Monaghan have regrouped from an upset against Antrim to knock out both Armagh and Down inside the last fortnight, rediscovering their goal-scoring touch to hit the net five times in Newry. Monaghan’s first three championship games saw them renew rivalries with teams they had previously met in the league, but this weekend brings ...

Sephira — The Irish Rock Violinists, Ruth and Joyce O’Leary from Carrickmacross were honoured to provide the soundtrack to what has been described as “the most epic weighin of all time” for Bray professional boxer Katie Taylor in Madison Square Garden, New York on Saturday. The City That Never Sleeps feels like a home-from-home for the sibling musicians, in a statement issued to The Northern Standard this week, Sephira stated: “We had the absolute privilege of being asked by Matchroom Boxing to design, create and perform the music for Katie ...

Cork’s Tim O’Riordan has penned the winning entry in the Monaghan Anthem International Song Contest. Tim’s composition Let This Be The Day was announced as the contest winner at a gala Showcase Monaghan event in the Four Seasons Hotel on Sunday last. The competition, sponsored by Entekra, attracted 47 entries and was adjudicated by a panel of music industry experts and exponents chaired by Phil Coulter. More on the anthem and the big showcase event in next week’s edition…