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Monaghan’s Combilift was announced as the winner in the Large Company Category of the 2020 Generation Apprenticeship Employer of the Year awards by Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris TD on Thursday December 10. There were 28 award nominees for 2020 Generation Apprenticeship representing more than 24,000 employees across so many vibrant industry sectors. Combilift currently have Apprentices across a range of Apprenticeship programmes such as Electrical, Metal Fabrication and The Original Engineering Manufacturing Apprenticeship (OEM). Minister Harris commented on the winners as “being outstanding leaders in their ...

By Veronica Corr Stephen Reburn from Maudabawn, Cootehill spent his Christmas and St. Stephen’s Day 2020 enduring the elements for a great cause. He was inspired to do a long-distance barefoot run for Pieta House because he lost two close friends last year to suicide. Not only did his efforts raise awareness of the issue, but Stephen also managed to raise over €10,000 for the suicide prevention charity. ‘Stephen’s no sock run for suicide’ event page on feelgoodwithpieta.ie is still open and accepting donations. FeelGood with Pieta is about taking ...

The Covid-19 news coverage by the Northern Standard’s Michael Fisher has been recognised with a national award. The N.S. journalist won in the new category of Best COVID Coverage at the 2020 Guild of Agricultural Journalism awards, announced on Friday, December 18 last. Among the over 100 stories penned by Michael Fisher on Covid-19 since the emergence of the pandemic in March, several front page stories for the Northern Standard were of particular significance in garnering the award. These included his Page 1 exclusive of May 14 of the meeting ...

BROTHERS IN CHRIST: Most Reverend Eamon Martin, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Most Reverend John McDowell, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh pictured filming their Christmas Day broadcast for RTÉ. The broadcast can be seen at 12.10 pm on RTÉ 1 television and heard at 1.05 pm on RTÉ Radio 1. It was filmed in St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral Armagh and will feature interviews with local people on the difference which their Christian faith has made in their lives during the Coronavirus pandemic. Choral music is provided by ...

A cross-Border operation involving Revenue and law enforcement personnel uncovered a plant for the manufacture of illegal diesel in the Castleshane area of Co Monaghan at the weekend. Three people were arrested at a premises in Crossmaglen, Co Armagh as part of the same investigation. In a search under warrant of a house and outbuildings at Agnaglogh, Castleshane on Friday and Saturday last, Revenue officers located a distillation plant to launder marked mineral oil. Revenue said that the intelligence-led operation “targeting mineral oil laundering” was carried out by the Customs ...

Michael Fisher “It’s a project that has been close to may heart since my days on Monaghan County Council.” A delighted Minister Heather Humphreys announced government approval of €6 million towards the restoration of the Ulster Canal between Clones and Lough Erne on Friday. The Minister for Rural and Community Development hailed it as an ‘historic day’ for Clones as the green light was given to the commencement of restoration works between Clones and Clonfad in Co. Monaghan, on the border with Co. Fermanagh near Wattlebridge. The works which will ...

TOWN VOUCHER SALES HIT €600,000, MUNICIPAL DISTRICT TOLD Monaghan people were embracing the ‘Stay Local, Shop Local’ message as the crucial weeks of the Christmas holiday trading period commenced, Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District was told. Sales of the Monaghan Town Voucher in the November/ December period to date had reached €600,000, with Monaghan Shopping Centre selling €11,000 worth of vouchers during the first four days of the more liberal trading activity heralded by the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions, Monaghan Business Support Executive Siobhan Sherry informed the meeting. ...

On Tuesday afternoon, the American Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Edward J Crawford (centre), visited CombiLift Global Headquarters to discuss strengthening trade links between Ireland and the United States, where CombiLift also have a parts facility. His Excellency is pictured here with a CombiLift forklift that is being completed for an American customer at the CombiLift plant in Monaghan. Also included are Robert Moffett (left) and Martin McVicar (right), CombiLift. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard. See full story on page 17.

Members of Three Councils Say ‘No Pylons’ Michael Fisher Three Fianna Fáil Councillors from Monaghan, Cavan, and Meath have joined together to call on the government to direct EirGrid to cease all works immediately on the proposed North-South interconnector. They are calling for the full implementation of the Fianna Fáil motion of Feburary 2017 as adopted by Dáil and Seanad Éireann to commission an independent report incorporating international industry expertise to examine the technical feasibility and cost of undergrounding the planned 400kV high voltage overhead line with over 400 pylons. The ...

Michael Fisher The Taoiseach has said health officials from either side of the border will speak to each other weekly from now on in order to co-ordinate their response to Covid-19. The serious situation that has developed with health services in the North where patients had to be held in ambulances outside Antrim hospital on Tuesday evening before being admitted to the emergency department led to suggestions that the Republic might be asked to offer help. Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said the situation in Northern Ireland was very serious, ...