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A new free trade agreement to be implemented between Canada and Europe could open up major opportunities for Co Monaghan companies, the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency Loyola Hearn, told the members of Monaghan Co Council when he delivered a formal address to them at their monthly meeting on Monday afternoon. Ambassador Hearn also highlighted employment opportunities for young Monaghan people who wished to emigrate to Canada, arguing that the skills and experience gained by people who emigrated to his country for a short period could prove of ...

By PATSY McARDLE THE storm which erupted last week with meetings of public representatives, including a heated debate at a meeting of Monaghan Country Council and a meeting of local Oireachtas members and councillors over the proposed termination of the existing role of the Department of Agriculture District Veterinary Office in Ballybay, continued to rage this week, with further calls to veto the shut-down, and a plea by Fianna Fail councillor Seamus Coyle to all the Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael Oireachtas members, to exert political ...

News that the Dept of Agriculture’s District Veterinary Office in Ballybay was set for closure as a public facility on May 20 sparked a heated debate at a special meeting of Monaghan Co Council convened on Wednesday morning last. Co Mayor Jackie Crowe facilitated discussion on the issue but was to express deep disappointment at the tenor of the resultant exchanges, which saw accusations of blame hurled across the chamber between the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael benches over where political responsibility for the closure lay. FF’s John ...

An underground fuel laundering plant with the capacity to generate ten million litres of illegal fuel over the course of a year was uncovered by Customs officials and Gardai in a raid carried out in the Tyholland area of Co Monaghan on Thursday last. A total of 40,000 litres of laundered fuel, a lorry, four cars and a van were seized in the operation, which took place on a farm approximately four miles from Monaghan Town. The operation was conducted by Customs officers with the assistance of Gardai from ...

Immediate pressure has been exerted by Monaghan Co Council on the incoming Fine Gael-Labour Government, in particular newly appointed Minister for Health James Reilly, to restore services at Monaghan General Hospital. At their meeting on Monday, the Council members gave unanimous backing to a motion of urgent business tabled by the Sinn Féin councillors in the following terms: “That Monaghan Co Council calls on the incoming government to radically overhaul the health services across this state, including, as a priority for the people of this county, to restore ...

Minister for Justice and Law Reform Brendan Smith finds himself under the distinguished judicial notice of the Chief Justice of Ireland the Hon. Mr Justice John L Murray (far right), District Court Judge Sean MacBride (second left) and Judge of the Circuit Court, His Honour Judge John O’Hagan (second right), as he cuts the ribbon marking the official opening of the newly refurbished Courthouse building in Church Square in Monaghan Town on Monday. Monaghan Town Council Cathaoirleach Robbie Gallagher looks on (Photo: Rory Geary/The Northern Standard). The €8.5 ...

Principal of the All-Saints National School, Doohamlet, Margaret McQuillian, showing President Mary McAleese and her husband Martin, some of the musical instruments the school acquired through the co-operation of Doohamlet District Community Development Association and Peace III funding. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

Candidates in the Cavan/Monaghan constituency in the forthcoming General Election are urged to make explicit commitments to the realisation of the project to revitalise the Ulster Canal as a flagship project for the stimulation of tourism in the Border region. Brian Cassells, a past President of the Inland Waterways of Ireland, said this week that the region was awaiting “the political champion to step up to the mark and deliver the re-opening of the complete canal”, in order to “complete the missing link in the waterway chain.” Mr ...

LAST week saw the world premiere at the Iontas Theatre in Castleblayney of the new play, ‘The Common People’ by acclaimed playwright Declan Gorman. This play was funded by the Peace III initiative through Artswell, the Arts Company at Iontas. ‘The Common People’ set out to tell the stories and examine the experiences that all people in the Border region have in common, regardless of culture or creed and it was very warmly received at Iontas with sold out houses for 3 nights running. The play has ...

Two former greats of the game in Monaghan, Benny Mone, Clontibret, and Jim O’Hanlon, Ballybay, were inducted into the Monaghan GAA Hall of Fame at last Saturday night’s Northern Standard/R&S Printers sponsored awards ceremony in the Hillgrove Hotel … It was fitting perhaps that these two men were jointly inducted on the same night as they were part and parcel of a great era in Monaghan club football in particular when Ballybay and Clontibret were the dominant forces. Born in Wolverhampton in England Benny Mone came home to Clontibret just over ...