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The International Forge-In Festival that will attract some of the world’s leading artist blacksmiths and a large retinue of aficionados to Monaghan Town over the forthcoming weekend is but one of a number of outstanding attractions taking place in the North Monaghan area. Scotstown on Sunday is the focus for the National Road Racing Cycling Championships, with some of the leading exponents of the sport in the country being put to the test over a challenging 175 km circuit. Emyvale Cycling Club have also instigated an exciting programme ...

The draws for the first round of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers has pitted Monaghan against Offaly. County team manager Eamonn McEneaney believes the draw could have been better but it could have been worse as well, writes KEVIN CARNEY Monaghan senior football team-manager Eamonn McEneaney is cautiously optimistic that Offaly can be overcome in the the first round of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers. Last weekend’s draw has ordained that McEneaney and company will travel to O’Connor Park, Tullamore on Saturday, June 25th next to take on the Faithful county in a contest ...

A 19-YEAR-OLD Castleblayney man who was remanded in custody from a special court in Cavan on Sunday last, on a charge of assaulting and causing serious harm to a young musician – who died in hospital following injuries sustained in an early morning incident on the previous day – was further remanded in custody to another sitting of the court on June 22nd next, when he appeared at Carrickmacross District Court yesterday (Wednesday). Conor McClelland of Cullentrabane, Laragh, was previously charged under Section 4 ...

Carrickmacross Lions Club has announced that Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf will lead this year’s Twin(s) + Parade sponsored by Healthy Hearts, Healthy Lives on June 4th 2011. The 17-month-old former conjoined miracle twins who recently met Queen Elizabeth II, will travel to Carrickmacross for the festival weekend accompanied by their parents Azzedine and Angie and their sisters Malika (7) and Iman (3). The boys who were joined from the chest to the pelvis and had only one leg each were separated after a 14 hour operation in London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

Members and officials of Monaghan Town Council gathered in Church Square on Tuesday morning last to lay a wreath at the memorial dedicated to victims of the 1974 Monaghan Bombing. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

The family event itself accommodates everyone, as is a sporting occasion for the fitness enthusiast running the 10k, or a recreational stroll for those who would like to walk the distance and enjoy the scenery. The main aim is for everyone to have an enjoyable day while helping others. The main event will feature the 10K race sanctioned by the Athletic Association of Ireland with prize money at stake for the top finishers. The excitement does not end there as the fun and activities are set to continue with refreshments ...

There was anecdotal evidence to suggest that at least some of the gorse fires that raged though the scenic Bragan area of North Monaghan over the May Bank Holiday weekend were set deliberately, Independent councillor Paudge Connolly claimed at Tuesday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Members united in praising the efforts of units of Monaghan Fire Brigade, Gardai and other strands of the emergency services who worked to contain the damage caused by the fires during a discussion of the emergency. In a report on the situation to ...

The roadside birth in Smithboro of a baby girl whose mother was en route to Cavan General Hospital has prompted renewed calls for the restoration of maternity services to Monaghan General Hospital. Marie Fay of River Garden, Drumsheeny, Threemilehouse was being driven to the maternity unit at Cavan Hospital by her brother Eamon on Holy Thursday last when she went into labour. The vehicle pulled in at the side of the road and she gave birth to her daughter, Mary Kate. The incident has been described as ...

A question daubed by an enquiring street artist on the hoarding surrounding the site of the stalled mixed use development in the centre of Monaghan Town – “What shall we do with the hole in the ground?’ – was addressed by the members of Monaghan Town Council on Monday night. Although no reference was made to the graffiti that has recently appeared on the surrounds of the site, the issue of the development’s future was raised by Independent councillor Seamus Treanor. Colr Treanor said that some work seemed ...

By PATSY McARDLE A road in Mid-Monaghan a few miles from the South Armagh border was closed by Monaghan County Council environmental officials for some hours last Friday after the discovery of close on 4,500 litres of diesel sludge—the substance taken from diesel when laundered by racketeers to remove colouring so that it can fetch the higher price which is available for commercial fuel. The tax-rebated cheaper coloured fuel is used solely for agricultural purposes. The latest toxic dump was discovered on an isolated stretch of roadway at Annaglaive, ...