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Garda Commissioner Drew Harris was provided with an update on the investigation into the murder of Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn at Oram in Castleblayney in 2007 when he visited the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division on Monday of this week. The investigation team working on the case provided Commissioner Harris with a briefing on the most recent developments at Castleblayney Garda Station. It was reported last week that officers involved in the joint investigative operation by the Gardaí and the PSNI had visited a number of residences in the South Armagh area ...

Six outdoor amenity projects in Co Monaghan are to benefit from a €250,000 funding announcement under the CLÁR programme. Cavan/Monaghan TD Heather Humphreys, Minister for Rural and Community Development, made the announcement on Monday, following a visit to one of the benefiting areas – Mullan Village – on Friday last. The Mullan Tidy Towns and Community Development body are to receive €50,000 for the development of a community play area within the village. €50,000 is also going to Drumhowan Community Centre for the development of an outdoor recreation area and ...

There has been a flurry of recent activity at the Mast in the Killygoan area over the past 8 weeks. 6 different vans parked from early morning to late evening with numerous workers doing unknown works. This activity has created much suspicion, worry and concern what all this activity is for and what is the potential impact on the over 450 residents of the area will be in the future. A spokesperson for the Community Alert Group stated “The tower is owned by the ESB but we do not know ...

JACK MADDEN There is a certain ambition involved in winning. When success comes, the most driven teams generally keep achieving. Success breeds success. In Monaghan GAA circles, Scotstown have been the epitome of this for the best part of a decade. But players can only do so much. Management can only do so much. The essence of the GAA is community, and with over seventy senior men’s players alone, Scotstown have a bigger community than most. New chairman Shane Stirrat is trying his best to be the glue that holds the ...

COLM SHALVEY The Monaghan Football Championship season is up and running, with the second round of group games taking place this weekend. The regular reminder that league form (perhaps more so than ever this year) comes with a health warning arrived last weekend, as the likes of Scotstown, Inniskeen, Latton and Aughnamullen reversed recent league defeats to make winning starts to their championship campaigns. Scotstown gave a reminder of their determination to retain the SFC with a convincing win over Magheracloone. The holders made light of the absence of Conor McCarthy ...

Michael Fisher A former British soldier will stand trial for the death of Aidan McAnespie at a border checkpoint near Moybridge 33 years ago after an attempt to have the case against him dropped was refused by a judge in Northern Ireland last week. David Jonathan Holden, now aged 51, will appear at Belfast Crown Court next month. He will be formally charged with unlawfully killing Aidan Martin McAnespie from Aughnacloy. Mr Justice O’Hara rejected a legal application made on behalf of Mr Holden to quash the case, and expressed ...

Michael Fisher Many pharmacies nationwide now offer a trusted and confidential Covid-19 vaccination service for people aged 12 and over. For people wishing to avail of this service, they can simply make contact with a participating pharmacy in Monaghan and book an appointment. Acting Chief Officer, Community Healthcare Organisation Monaghan and Cavan, Edel Quinn, said: “Support from pharmacies is instrumental in ensuring access to vaccines for people in the community who may not be in a position to get to one of our HSE vaccination centres. We would encourage people…

If ever a picture could be said to be worth a thousand words, it’s Rory Geary’s capturing of all the contrasting emotions associated with the first day at school on the faces of the new Junior Infants Class at Latnamard National School as they took the founding step on the education highway on Tuesday. The class are being taught by Principal Gena Curley and are pictured at the new play area that has been developed at the school over the summer months. © Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

The current and future challenges that the shortage of clergy will pose to the operation of Roman Catholic parishes in the diocese of Clogher was commented upon this week by Bishop Larry Duffy as he announced a number of clerical changes in the diocese. Among the appointments announced was that of a Diocesan Director – Very Rev Canon Pat McHugh – for the Synodal Pathway announced by the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference in March of this year, which Bishop Duffy described as “a new journey and “a period of prayerful ...

Garda detectives from Carrickmacross joined with members of the PSNI’s major investigation team last week in a renewed investigative initiative into the murder at Oram in Castleblayney in 2007 of 21-year-old Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn. A number of addresses in the South Armagh area were visited during the joint operation. Mr Quinn was lured to a farm at Tullyvanus, Oram on October 20 2007 and subjected to a savage beating by a number of men who used iron bars. The young man sustained multiple fractures and other serious injuries and ...