Articles in the General News Category

Tuesday 26th October was the 250th anniversary of the birth of General Don Juan MacKenna who together with Bernardo O’Higgins is acclaimed as the co-liberator of Chile. To mark the occasion a wreath bearing the national colours of Ireland and Chile, was laid at his birthplace, Willville House Monaghan, by the Clan McKenna Chieftain, Peter McKenna, Swann’s Cross. Also, in attendance were the Clan McKenna committee members. Don Juan or John was the son of William MacKenna and Eleanora O’Reilly. He left Willville at around the age of 12 years ...

COLM SHALVEY REPORTS DONAGHMOYNE 1-15DOOHAMLET 2-08 Donaghmoyne are through to their fourth IFC Final since 2014 after they came through a thriller against Doohamlet in Inniskeen last Saturday evening. This game brought together two of the perennial Intermediate contenders of recent years and it didn’t disappoint, with Donaghmoyne coming from six points down to secure yet another narrow win. Donaghmoyne had to dig themselves out of trouble twice in this action-packed encounter, but they gradually got to grips with the Doohamlet attack, restricting the Group One winners to just a single point ...

Never-say-die Truagh heading to St Tiarnach’s Park for County Final Colm Shalvey reports The hype in north Monaghan is building for Sunday’s Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final between near-neighbours Scotstown and Truagh. It’s a first ever county-final meeting between these clubs, who go into the game at St. Tiarnach’s Park with very different perspectives. It’s all a new experience for this young Truagh team, some of whom will have no memories of their back-toback SFC Final losses to Castleblayney in 2000 and 2001. Truagh have been an established senior team since ...

It has been confirmed to The Northern Standard that Gardaí in Carrickmacross executed a search warrant on Bank Holiday Monday night, 25th October at approximately 9 pm, on premises in Drummond Etra, which had been placed under surveillance as part of an intelligence-led operation related to the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the Carrickmacross and Monaghan areas. The search, which took place under the auspices of Operation Tara, uncovered significant evidence of a cannabis growhouse in operation. It is understood that a large quantity of cannabis, with an ...

The Gardaí and the HSE have been backed by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in issuing an alert to Co Monaghan parents about jelly sweets containing cannabis which are in circulation in the run-up to Hallowe’en. The Food Safety Authority has joined with An Garda Síochána, the HSE and a number of other agencies, including Revenue’s Customs Services, in asking parents and guardians to be on the alert in relation to the illegal products, which they said were being “intentionally packaged to resemble popular brands of jellies in order ...

A new study published by the Irish Central Border Area Network or ICBAN has found that the impact of the UK’s departure from the European Union has been either worse, or much worse, than expected for communities in Border counties. The study indicates that growing concern exists among people in the Border region about political stability in Northern Ireland as well as co-operation between the governments north and south and cross-Border community relations as a result of Brexit and the ongoing controversy over the Northern Ireland Protocol. 53% of participants ...

The search for a 23-year-old Newbliss man who went missing in Monaghan Town at the weekend ended tragically on Sunday afternoon with the recovery of his body from the water at Old Cross Square. Samuel Doyle, Corranewey, Newbliss was last seen on Dublin Street in the town just before midnight on Saturday October 23. Gardaí and Samuel’s family had been concerned for his wellbeing and an appeal for the public’s assistance in locating him was issued on Sunday morning. However, Gardaí confirmed on Sunday evening that their search had been ...

Local forester Gerard Dunne stated a social media protest at the Monaghan constituency office of Government Minister Heather Humphreys this week calling for enhanced supports to enable the forest sector surmount its current challenges. The protest was one of a series of similar actions at the offices of Government Ministers and TDs across the country organised by SEEFA or the Social, Economic, Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland. SEEFA is an alliance of private industry professionals who are currently lobbying the Government to” fulfil its obligations to maintain employment for more ...

But Monaghan Incidence Rate is Below National Average Michael Fisher Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has warned that the situation would get worse before it gets better as the number of Covid-19 cases over the past week is the fourth highest since the start of the pandemic. Speaking as he arrived for a Cabinet meeting yesterday, the Minister called for a real national effort by people to stick to public health measures. Ireland’s 14-day incidence rate is currently at around 500 cases per 100,000 of the population, he said. Asked about ...

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD on Friday last announced the development of a Specialist Palliative Care Inpatient Hospice that will deliver an integrated 16-bed Inpatient hospice and community care service on the St. Christopher’s site in Cavan. Visiting Cavan, Minister Donnelly said the new development would the provision of 16 Level 3* inpatient palliative care beds and co-located community services. This development will be funded both by the St Christopher’s Hospice Committee and the HSE and will equate to a joint investment of approximately €7.5 million,” the Minister stated. ...