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A new programme which will allow ambulances to bring suitable patients to the Minor Injury Unit at Monaghan Hospital for treatment came into effect on Monday last. The programme is an extension of one introduced recently at Roscommon University Hospital and allows patients to be brought to the unit in Monaghan under strict criteria. Its introduction has been welcomed by Fianna Fáil Senator for Cavan/Monaghan Robbie Gallagher, who recently raised the possibility of it applying in Monaghan with Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly TD. Senator Gallagher told the Northern Standard ...

By Veronica Corr The Northern Standard met with Garda Chief Superintendent Alan Mc- Govern of Louth Monaghan Cavan Division recently to find out about the strengthened Cavan Monaghan Drugs Unit that is being formed within the constituency. Recruitment towards the unit is at an advanced stage. The dedicated unit will be made of Gardaí of various ranks, who wish to specialise in the area of drug detection. Chief Superintendent McGovern was delighted by the large amount of applications received after the intention to form the unit was announced. “We have ...

The future protection of Castleblayney’s Lough Muckno into the future must be the governing priority in any new development plans, a local group has stated. The Friends of Muckno organisation has delivered its assessment of the recent analysis conducted by consultants Fehily Timoney of the “Vision” plan presented to Monaghan Co Council in 2021 outlining options for the future use of Hope Castle and the surrounding Muckno estate. The group has welcomed aspects of the consultants’ assessment and set out their views in detail in the following statement: The Lough ...

Senator Robbie Gallagher has called this week for an expanded role for the injury unit at Monaghan Hospital which could see it accept patients for treatment for minor medical conditions that would otherwise see them brought by ambulance to Cavan Hospital. The Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil representative called in the Seanad for consideration to be given to the replication in Monaghan of a programme currently in place at Roscommon University Hospital which allows that facility to accept patients for treatment for minor ailments through an agreed protocol with the National Ambulance ...

The grief experienced in the offices of the Northern Standard newspaper this week by the passing on Saturday last, November 4 at Cavan General Hospital of Mr Tommy Smyth, 16 Manor Wood, Monaghan has been reflected across the wider Monaghan community. The members of Monaghan Co Council united on Monday in the passing of a vote of sympathy to all of the Smyth family and the staff of the Northern Standard on the death of Tommy, who prior to his retirement a number of years ago was a senior management ...

The National Lottery is continuing to appeal to Lotto players in Monaghan to check their old tickets from Saturday 19th August as a prize worth €1,000,500 remains unclaimed. The Monaghan player won the €1,000,500 prize in a special Lotto Plus Raffle draw event last August and now has just three weeks left to claim their lifechanging prize. The winning raffle number for the Saturday 19th August draw was: 3249. Each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle number drawn in the Saturday 19th August draw were entered into ...

Defiant message to EirGrid as interconnector preparations advance The Co Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee has issued a defiant “Our land is not for sale!” message to electricity transmission grid operator EirGrid as it strives to advance preparations for the building of the north-south interconnector. A statement from the campaign group which we publish in full below reiterates anger at correspondence issued by EirGrid to landowners and voices concern at the operator’s plans for meetings with officials of local authorities in counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath. A CMAPC spokesperson told the Northern Standard ...

The National Lottery has renewed its appeal to players in Co Monaghan to check their old tickets to make sure they are not a millionaire and still don’t know it! The winning ticket for a Lotto Plus Raffle prize worth€1,000,500 was purchased at Centra on Emyvale’s Main Street for the draw of Saturday August 19, but the prize remains unclaimed. The clock is ticking for the winner to come forward. The prize has to be claimed by Friday November 17. Each of the tickets with the winning Lotto Plus Raffle ...

By Veronica Corr Monaghan County Council plans to convert two of the county’s landmark buildings into accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, namely, Ballybay Civic Centre and the former Ulster Bank building in Clones, a meeting of Ballybay/ Clones Municipal District (MD) was told on Monday. Mr. Nial O’Connor, Senior Executive Officer, Housing Section, Monaghan County Council delivered an update to public representatives and officials in attendance of the meeting in Ballybay, which forms part of the plan. Both buildings will form part of the Council’s response to the Local Government Management ...

Co Monaghan maintained its high standards in Tidy Towns performance when the results of the 2023 competition were announced on Friday last. Glaslough claimed a gold medal and retained its Co Winner status while Carrickmacross also gained gold, receiving a highly commended distinction from the judges. Monaghan Town received a silver medal and a commendation while the Co Endeavour Award went to Oram. Most participants from the county registered improvements in the marks awarded by the judges. Redhills was highly commended in Co Cavan, where the county town laid claim ...