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Recent public meetings held in the Teach na nDaoine Family Resource Centre in Monaghan Town have cast a chilling ray of illumination on the extent of drug dealing and drug taking in our midst. Although prompted by one community’s reaction to the tragic death of a young local man, it is clear from the contributions made at the meetings and the wider debate and publicity they have generated that this is not a problem specific to any one area and location in Co Monaghan – drugs are ubiquitous, and ...

Monaghan Co Council’s acquisition of 20 acres of land and 17 vacant houses on the Latlorcan site in Monaghan Town – the contract for which was expected to be signed this week – marks the realisation of a Sinn Féin proposal tabled in 2012 and looks set to deliver “overdue” and much needed housing and recreation provision, Colr Sean Conlon stated this week. The Monaghan Co Councillor and current Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Municipal District said the delivery of a supply of land and housing units into the local authority’s ownership marks ...

By PATSY McARDLE COMMUNITY achievement awards, which recognized outstanding voluntary effort that exuded with a spirit of true volunteerism were signally recognized and celebrated by a large attendance which packed the Íontas Theatre, Castleblayney on Monday night last, for the presentation of nine achievement citations to highly deserving groups and individuals from all over Co. Monaghan. The audience was drawn from all across the county and included the Minister for the Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys T.D., and the Castleblayney-born ...

Good fortune was on the side of Castleblayney man, David Lynch, when he won €93,000 and a car worth €30,000 in RTE’s popular Winning Streak Game show on Saturday 18th October, 2014. Pictured at the presentation of winning cheques were from left: Nuala Carey, game show co-host; David Lynch, the winning player; Harry Cooke, Head of Operations and Corporate Affairs, The National Lottery and Marty Whelan, game show co-host. The winning ticket was bought from Centra, Bective Square, Kells, Co. Meath. Meanwhile, Cootehill woman, Mary Fitzpatrick, also took part on ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie THE headwind was behind Sinn Féin yet again when the local and European election results began to crystallise, with the undeniable star of the show being Matt Carthy, whose massive first preference in the Midlands–North-West was finally given the official stamp when he was declared elected on the seventh count — heralding a whole new political landscape on the European front, where the Monaghan representative is joined by Liadh Ní Riada in Ireland South and Lynn Boylan in Dublin. The Sinn Féin trio’s success — one in ...

The Blackwater 10K has certainly become an annual fixture in Monaghan’s Recreational and Athletics Events Calendar as it continues to grow in entries each year. This large-scale community event initially was first held in 2008 as an initiative from Blackwater Regional Partnership Natural Resource Rural Tourism Project and nobody back then envisaged that it would continue to celebrate the success that it has become 7 years later. The great success has been made possible by the strong commitment of the organising committee and hard work by Monaghan Phoenix and Glaslough ...

Expenditure by Monaghan Co Council on sending delegations to Prince Edward Island and other locations in Canada represented “money well spent” in light of the tourism return being generated by this link, Independent councillor Paudge Connolly stated at Tuesday’s meeting of the county authority. Colr Connolly was responding to references to the Council’s spending on sending a delegation to PEI in 2012 contained in a major news feature in Tuesday’s edition of “The Irish Independent”. A six-page feature, described as a “special investigation” by the Independent’s Public Affairs Editor Shane Phelan and ...

By Veronica Corr The perfect antidote to the recession was provided by Magheracloone’s Brendan McCahey winning The Voice of Ireland on Sunday night last. Deirdre Crookes, who looks after Public Relations for the RTE ONE programme said that Brendan was universally loved by all involved in the production of the national singing competition. The fact that the final result was decided by the public votes also meant that Brendan truly was “the people’s champion,” she stated. Brendan was on Team Bressie, and during the final his mentor said: “The only thing Brendan hasn’t done is ...

By Veronica Corr Months ago we brought you Brendan McCahey’s story so far and now The Northern Standard is delighted to report that he is a finalist in The Voice of Ireland. Fresh from his semi-final winning performance on Easter Sunday night, the Magheracloone man, now living in Shercock, set its athletics track alight with delight when he made an appearance there on Tuesday afternoon. The RTÉ cameras were there too, and while they were a little later than scheduled, Brendan proved to be well worth waiting for. Mentor Bressie proved to be a ...

Brendan Flynn, Clerk of the Course for the Monaghan Stages Rally, is pictured with David Cassidy of event sponsors The Hillgrove Hotel at this week’s announcement of the details of the 2014 event, which is taking place on Sunday, April 27. A counting round of the Sligo Pallets Border Championship, the event has become the highlight of the motor sport calendar in Co Monaghan and is also regarded as one of the major sports occasions of the year in the county given the level of interest it generates and ...