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A 30-year-old Polish national resident in Castleblayney has become Ireland’s first recipient of a combined heart and liver transplant. Martin Malinowski called this week for all families to actively consider and make decisions in relation to organ donation. With Organ Donation Awareness Week running until Saturday next, April 30, the Irish Kidney Association hailed the news of Mr Malinowski’s surgery as extremely significant for the campaign. “We applaud all those involved in this ground-breaking collaboration and wish Martin continued good health as he enjoys a new lease of life,” the ...

Colm Shalvey reports Forewarned should be forearmed for Monaghan as they launch their Ulster SFC campaign with a quarter-final against Down in Clones on Saturday. All form guides point to a comfortable win for Monaghan, but if they weren’t already wary of a potential ambush from Down, the last few weeks should focus the mind further. Following a turbulent few weeks where a breach of discipline by players at a training camp meant that James McCartan had to be persuaded to stay in position in his second term as manager, Down ...

Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan Town is now the most visited Coillte public park in the country. News of Rossmore’s “green jersey” status as a visitor attraction arrived with perfect timing last Thursday as the new Family Cycle Trail at the amenity was officially opened by Cavan/Monaghan TD and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys. Minister Humphreys’ Department and the Monaghan Municipal District have devoted combined funding in excess of €360,000 to the enhancement of the park’s off-road cycling loop, with Emyvale Cycling Club and Cycling Ireland having ...

A well-attended emergency meeting which took place in Glaslough Community Centre on Wednesday March 30 last galvanised local opposition to the decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for the erection of a Vodaphone telecommunications mast in the area. Local residents have responded angrily to the decision to grant the planning application, which would see a 19.5m structure erected on a plot of land in the centre of the village, which was the winner of the SuperValu Tidy Towns national title in 2019 and was awarded a gold ...

“Give me a D!…Give me an A!…” The pupils of St Michael’s National School literally spelled out their delight when they were visited by Irish Olympian David Gillick yesterday, Wednesday morning. One of Ireland’s most successful track and field athletes of recent times, David was at St Michael’s to congratulate the pupils on their participation in the Marathon Miles programme promoted by Monaghan Sports Partnership. See story and more pictures in next week’s edition.

Peter Hughes The ESB will seek to enforce statutory powers of access under the Electricity (Supply) Act in order to constru ct the North South electricity interconnector in cases where landowners do not give permission for entrance onto their property, EirGrid’s Chief Executive Mark Foley has told the members of Monaghan County Council. In correspondence to the Council circulated at the local authority’s monthly meeting on Monday, Mr Foley supplied answers to a number of questions put to him by the members of the Council in relation to aspects of ...

M&M News Service The British soldier who fired the fatal shot which killed Aidan McAnespie at a security checkpoint at Aughnacloy 34 years ago let out “a shrill… a high pitched sound” immediately afterwards, his trial in Belfast has been told. A fellow Guardsman on duty with the then 18-year-old David Jonathan Holden said he first heard a burst of automatic fire before finding the accused standing with “his hand on the butt of the machine gun looking very shocked.” Mr McAnespie, who worked at Monaghan Poultry Products, died from ...

A man in his 20s has been arrested and charged following the discovery of a suspected cannabis growhouse in Monaghan Town on Sunday last. The discovery was made by Gardaí during a search of property in the town. A growing facility was found constructed within the building containing a large quantity of suspected cannabis plants. Garda investigations are continuing. The man arrested is due to appear in court.

Monaghan’s memorable last-gasp victory over Dublin to preserve their Division 1 status was a feat of escapology Houdini would have been proud of, reflects JACK MADDEN The Chinese Water Torture Cell: an illusion consisting of three parts. First, the magician’s feet are locked in stocks; next, he is suspended in mid-air from his ankles with a restraint brace; finally, he is lowered into a glass tank overflowing with water and the restraint is locked to the top of the cell. Berlin, Germany. The year is 1912. A young man by the ...

The return of the Monaghan Town St Patrick’s Day Parade on Thursday last after two years of Covid-19 lockdown was well worth waiting for if the entranced look on these youthful faces in the crowd captured by Northern Standard photographer Rory Geary is anything to go by. Bumper crowds greeted the return to the county of festivities in honour of the National Apostle – see inside this week’s edition for full reports and photographic coverage of all the parades and celebrations.