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Independent member of Monaghan Co Council Seamus Treanor in a statement to the Northern Standard this week rejected findings made against him by the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) in relation to complaints made to them regarding election literature Councillor Treanor published in 2019. Last week SIPO announced the outcome of an investigation it conducted into the complaints in November of last year. It said that it had found Councillor Treanor to be in breach of requirements on public representatives under sections of the Ethics in Public Office and ...

The snow clouds that loomed over Co Monaghan last Friday has a silver lining for Norris family members Lindsey, Hannah and Vicki. With school transport disrupted, they were left with an unexpectedly free day to enjoy the seasonal conditions and made the most of it as our photograph by Rory Geary shows. Wintry conditions were reported across most parts of the county through last Thursday night and into the early part of Friday, when a yellow snow and ice warning was in force for the county. Some traffic disruption ensued, ...

Michael Fisher Covid has continued to spread in Co. Monaghan over Christmas and the New Year holiday period and as the schools are about to open again after the holidays. Latest available figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre issued in Christmas Eve are for the fourteen day period up until midnight on 23rd December. They show that Monaghan has gone up to ninth in the table of 26 counties with 805 new cases (+150) and an incidence rate of 1311.4 compared to 1067 the previous week. The overall incidence ...

BUT POULTRY PRODUCERS URGED TO REMAIN VIGILANT Michael Fisher The Department of Agriculture says there have been no further outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 in the Monaghan and Cavan area since 18th December. However, wild bird mortalities continue to be reported across eleven different counties. There remains a significant risk of further outbreaks in poultry and captive wild birds. The Department says it is essential to continue to implement biosecurity measures on all holdings. There were five outbreaks in commercial poultry flocks in Co. Monaghan since 20th ...

Funding of over €732,000 to facilitate the further development of the Lough Egish Food Park in central Co Monaghan was announced by Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys today, Thursday. Minister Humphreys expressed the hope that the funding – under the RRDF or Rural Regeneration Development Fund – would be a significant driver for job creation in the Lough Egish and wider area. Minister Humphreys also announced a €330,760 investment in Carrickmacross, to aid the development of a new community hub, youth centre, ...

The latest Anti-Litter League table published by the IBAL or Irish Businesses Against Litter organisation this week showed a significant improvement in ranking by Monaghan Town, which has risen to 12th place on the table and is ranked as “clean to European norms”. Naas took IBAL’s cleanest Irish town title for 2021 in an end-of-year survey which concluded that litter levels are on the rise nationally with the problem being most evident in the country’s cities. The latest IBAL report highlights the growing problem of discarded PPE or Personal Protective ...

Searchers for the epitome of Christmas joy would surely find it on the face of the child transfixed by the presence of Santa Claus and one of his hard-working reindeer in the centre of Monaghan Town on Saturday last. Santa made an early foray to town to help heighten the atmosphere of the Christmas celebration organised by the local authority and the Monaghan business community to generate some festive cheer and boost the funds of local cancer support organisation Crocus (see story and more pictures inside this week’s edition). Members ...

The passing on Monday, December 20 following a long illness of Fr John Kearns CC SPS of Garrison, Co Fermanagh has evoked deep sorrow, and many tributes to a beloved religious figure described by Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy as “a committed priest and larger-than-life character”. A native of Corcaghan in Co Monaghan, Fr Kearns was best known in the diocese and community for the love of motorbikes which inspired him to co-found the Gone But Not Forgotten Bikers Memorial, an annual Mass in the Sacred Heart Church ...

‘Believe that the farther shore is reachable from here. Believe in miracles, cures and healing wells.’ Seamus Heaney’s words have been used often during the last year or so, to give us hope in difficult times. We have to believe that we can get to the farther shore. As another year that has been truly like no other draws to a close, it gives us an opportunity to reflect a little on all that has happened. In truth, we will not miss the past couple of years. They brought more than ...

The Friends of Lough Muckno group has expressed strong reservations about the development strategy being pursued by Monaghan Co Council in relation to the Castleblayney amenity. The group has issued an open letter to the local authority outlining its concerns. The letter is in response to last week’s decision by the Co Council to commission a further feasibility study on development options for the Lough Muckno area and the Hope Castle and Annex buildings. The group, which has put forward its own development “vision” for the amenity, has called on ...