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Members and officials of the Monaghan Municipal District, members of the former Monaghan Town Council and local residents gathered before the Church Square memorial just before 9 am on Tuesday, May 17 last for a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 bomb attack in Monaghan Town. Seven lives were lost in the incident, which occurred on the same day as the explosion of three other car bombs in Dublin. In all, 33 people and an unborn child were killed in the attacks, which were the deadliest ...

By Cianna McNally “It is with great honour that I will go to the Dome representing Monaghan. Without a doubt, I will wear my sash with great pride,” said newly selected Monaghan Rose for 2016, Pamela Allen. The 22-year-old, who hails from Drumacruttin, Dunraymond, a few miles outside Monaghan Town, was chosen as the new Rose at the selection night in The Four Seasons Hotel last Saturday night. She took the crown and sash from 2015 Rose, Scotstown native Michelle Caulfield and was one of 11 contestants vying for the role. Pamela, who ...

PETER HUGHES A debate on whether the introduction of a CCTV surveillance system in the centre of Monaghan Town would be an effective tool in the combating of crime and anti-social behaviour, or would be something that would “let the Gardaí off the hook” and evoke the totalitarian nightmare of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, took place at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Municipal District. While Sinn Féin councillor Sean Conlon proposed that the MD liaise with the Dept of Justice with regarding to funding for such a scheme, he emphasised that “a ...

A Castleblayney man will be featured on this Sunday night’s episode (22nd May) of RTE’s Dragons’ Den. Paul Kelly, a secondary school teacher in Beneavin College in Finglas, Dublin, will ask the Dragons for €60,000 for a 10 per cent share of his company, Homeschool.ie Homeschool.ie is an online teaching platform that gives Junior and Leaving Certificate students access to video lessons from the comfort and safety of their own home. The website allows users to connect with the very best teachers in the country no matter where they live or what ...

By Cianna McNally Approximately 2,500 people from across the county took part in the Monaghan Darkness Into Light event last weekend. This was the third year that Monaghan participated in the national fundraiser for Pieta House and support for it has grown significantly as local organisers confirmed to The Northern Standard that the participation level in last Saturday morning’s event was the highest to date. The 5K walk and run was facilitated by Monaghan Harps GAA Club and approximately 30 people were involved in its organisation. One of these organisers, Sean McKenna, described ...

PETER HUGHES Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys has been afforded only the briefest of honeymoon periods to settle into her expanded portfolio in the new Government. Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council saw the Cabinet member immediately petitioned on a range of issues that now fall within her remit as Minister for Regional Development and Rural Affairs, responsibilities added to the Arts and Gaeltacht roles she discharged in the outgoing administration. Her own FG councillors successfully moved a notice of urgent business seeking a meeting with the Minister to discuss her new ...

“Exciting things are happening between Canada and Ireland,” stated Canadian Ambassador Kevin Vickers when he addressed the members of Monaghan Co Council on Monday during his first official visit to the county. The affable envoy has a particular motivation for continuing the work of his predecessors in office in building on the twinning links established between Co Monaghan and the maritime provinces of his country. He hails from Miramichi, which like Prince Edward Island is formally twinned with the county, and the welcome extended to him towards the conclusion of what was ...

Once again the Sacred Heart Church, Clones was the backdrop to the 14th colourful, emotional and totally unique Gone But Not Forgotten bikers memorial, which took place on Friday evening last. To the delight of all, this year, the sun shone brightly from early morning and continued right throughout the day. This was most certainly appreciated by the hundreds of bikers who travelled from all over the country to be part of this event. Shortly before 8pm, as Fr John Kearns, Archdeacon Helene Steed and Fr Tony Conlan, walked from the sacristy ...

PETER HUGHES  Monaghan Town centre ran on 1916 time for most of Saturday last. And, as the backward spinning clock hovered between the numerals of three and four, an intense figure in military brown stepped from the sandbag-banked bastion of the building that lives its normal life as Monaghan Courthouse and summoned the crowds milled about the forecourt to the august destiny to which they were being called in this supreme hour. The living history actor embodying Padraig Pearse channelled a fullness of revolutionary fervour as he orated the words of the Proclamation ...

Ryan Sheridan, centre, showed his support to the Pieta House Darkness Into Light Walk which will be held at Monaghan Harps GFC on Saturday 7th May at 4.15am, when he met with Rose Donnelly and Eimear Galligan, two of the members promoting the event, after his concert in The Hillgrove Hotel. The walk which is starting at 4.15am and crossing the line just as dawn is breaking, will celebrate its eighth year on Saturday, May 7th 2016, with over 100 venues across Ireland and beyond lined up. ©Rory Geary/The Northern ...