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If you can’t get a taxi in Co Monaghan at night, the fault lies not with local transport operators but with the Taxi Regulator. So Monaghan Town businessman Patrick Gilsenan, proprietor of the long-established Call-A-Car taxi and minibus service, told the Northern Standard this week in an interview in which he appealed to local TD and Government Minister Heather Humphreys to intervene in order to have regulatory controls on the sector eased. “I am calling on Minister Humphreys to make urgent representations to the National Transport Authority and the Taxi ...

The victims of the 1974 car bombings in Dublin and Monaghan had not been forgotten and the Government would continue to insist that there be “engagement and truth” for the relatives of those who lost their lives on the single deadliest day of the Northern Ireland Troubles, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee told Seanad Éireann on Tuesday last. Minister McEntee was speaking on the 48th anniversary of the bomb attacks in Monaghan Town and the capital, which was marked by a wreath-laying ceremony by Monaghan Municipal District at the memorial ...

A further investment of €50,000 at Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan Town has been announced by Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD. The funding comes as part of a new five-year strategic partnership between Minister Humphreys’ Department and Coillte which is geared towards boosting rural tourism. The Rossmore funding will go towards the upgrade of the amenity’s toilet block. €200,000 is also being provided to open a new access point and install a new car park to serve Deerpark Forest in Co Cavan. “Our forest parks, walking ...

By Veronica Corr Veteran broadcast and print journalist Michael Fisher recently retired from The Northern Standard and at the outset of Monday morning’s meeting of Ballybay-Clones Municipal District meeting, Cathaoirleach Richard Truell led tributes to the esteemed reporter. Councillor Truell also presented Michael with a beautiful Clones Lace Celtic Cross, which our former colleague, who is also a qualified tour guide, vowed to treasure as a reminder of his time with the paper covering Clones News and the Municipal District meetings. Michael came out of retirement from national broadcasting and ...

Hannah Potts and Louise McChesney of Monaghan Collegiate School will compete at the World Junk Kouture Final in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates later this year. The Collegiate pupils’ Queen of Cutlery creation, using metal forks, knives and spoons, was one of nine entries selected by the judges to represent Ireland at the world event when the live national Dublin City final took place on Thursday, May 5 last. Hannah and Louise were recipients of a vote of congratulations on their achievement at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co ...

Campaigns to have the hours of operation at the Minor Injury Unit located at Monaghan Hospital expanded, and to have urgent improvements made in ambulance availability in the Monaghan area, gathered further momentum at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Correspondence from the RCSI Hospital Group to the Council, which outlined in detail the number using the Monaghan MIU on a monthly basis since its establishment in 2010, was challenged as a “smoke and mirrors” exercise by Sinn Féin councillor Seán Conlon. Councillor Conlon said the statistics were being used ...

A series of events will take place in Co Monaghan from September to November this year to mark the centenary of the formation of An Garda Síochána. The programme – which will include a series of Open Days, a presentation of medals to all serving and retired members of the force in the county, the unveiling of a number of memorial plaques and a major academic conference – was detailed by Garda Superintendent Pat O’Connell to an event organised by the Monaghan Branch of the Gardaí’s Retired Members Association in ...

Communities across South Monaghan and beyond have united in sympathy this week with the family of 14-year-old Aoibhe Byrne, Lisnaclea, Carrickmacross who was killed in an accident on the evening of Wednesday April 27 last. Gardaí confirmed to the Northern Standard that they attended the scene of a tragic accident at Annamarron, Carrickmacross, on Wednesday evening last in which Aoibhe lost her life. The Gardaí conveyed their deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased. The Health and Safety Authority confirmed that it was aware of the incident ...

A person who suffered a medical emergency in Monaghan Town on a recent weekend had to lie on the footpath for two hours until an ambulance arrived to render aid, it was claimed at last week’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District. The incident, and another in which it was claimed that an ambulance took an hour to come to another emergency situation in the town, prompted Independent councillor Paudge Connolly to table an urgent business motion seeking meetings with the National Ambulance Service and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly ...

The winning entry in the Entekra-sponsored Monaghan Anthem international song contest will be revealed at a gala May Day event in Monaghan’s Four Seasons Hotel on Sunday May 1 next. The much-anticipated reveal will be a highlight of a Showcase Monaghan event that will be “an occasion of great pride and anticipation”, organiser Liz McGuinness of Mad About Monaghan told the Northern Standard this week. “Showcase Monaghan will be a special night of celebration of many great individuals, entrepreneurs and industry leaders who have made a significant positive impact on ...