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The people of Clones lined the streets of their town on Saturday to bid final farewell to a fondly regarded literary legend who had made his home amongst them. The funeral of playwright and novelist Eugene McCabe of Drumard, who passed away on Thursday last at the age of 90, was confined to close family and friends because of prevailing Covid- 19 restrictions. But Clones people took the opportunity to say their goodbyes as the cortege made its way through The Diamond and Fermanagh Street on its journey to the Sacred ...

Michael Fisher There were four cases of Covid-19 in Co. Monaghan during the week up to midnight on Sunday. This compares with seven in the previous week. The total number of cases since mid March is now 554. It’s now known that two of the eleven outbreaks involved workers at the ABP meat plant in Clones, although the production line at the plant has not been halted. A third case involved a member of the workforce at BD Foods in Glaslough, who received a positive test result on Sunday. The ...

Three brothers from Castleblayney and a Co Armagh man were brought before the Special Criminal Court in Dublin on Tuesday on charges alleging involvement in the attempted thefts of ATM machines in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan and Virginia, Co Cavan on dates in 2019. Gerard Duffy (29) and Ciaran Duffy (26) of Greagh, Loughnamore, Co Monaghan; and Stephen Duffy (34) of Coose, Tullynahinera, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, are accused of offences arising from the attempted theft of an ATM in Virginia in August of last year and the attempted theft of another ...

CLLR PAUDGE CONNOLLY WAS AT THE GALWAY GOLF DINNER ATTENDED BY EIGHTY PEOPLE SINN FÉIN TO INVESTIGATE CLLR CATHY BENNETT’S STAY IN DONEGAL FOLLOWING TRIP TO LANZAROTE Michael Fisher Two Monaghan Councillors have separately justified their actions after travelling to Spain at the end of July but not fully restricting their movements on their return to Ireland earlier this month. Independent Councillor Paudge Connolly came to national attention as being one of the eighty-one guests at a controversial dinner in Co. Galway last week hosted by the Oireachtas Golf Society. The arrangements ...

The “school around the corner” may not be “just the same” as the old song says as places of education begin to reopen in the Covid-19 environment, but the excitement of one’s first day at school seems, on the evidence of Northern Standard photographer Rory Geary’s image, to remain undiminished. Pictured is Andrew Berry who started school on Wednesday with his big sister Annie to guide him on his first steps as a Latnamard National School pupil, his parents in the background to lend solidarity and support and Acting Principal ...

CALLS FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION OF FUTURE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AHEAD OF PLANNING DECISION Michael Fisher A Co. Armagh based campaign group campaigning against the pylons has called on the North’s Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon MLA of the SDLP to rethink proposals for what they claim is a ‘dangerous’ high voltage cross-border electricity connection. The €286 million North South interconnector, stretching across five counties between Woodland in Co. Meath and Turleenan in Co. Tyrone and Meath is planned by EirGrid to link the island’s two separate power grids to give Northern Ireland greater ...

The Emerging Preferred Route Corridor for both the Ardee-Castleblayney and Clontibret- Border N2 road schemes will go on public display from 6 pm on Monday August 24 next, it was confirmed this week. A six-week public consultation process, the third in relation to the schemes, will begin on Tuesday, August 25 and run for six weeks. “An Emerging Preferred Route Corridor is the route option that has been assessed to have the best combination of benefits and impacts based on the criteria to be considered for road transport projects,” Monaghan ...

FIVE FURTHER CASES IN COUNTY MONAGHAN IN A WEEK No Spectators Allowed at Sports Fixtures… But Different Rules Apply in the North INDOOR EVENTS LIMITED TO SIX PEOPLE Michael Fisher Gardaí are to be given new powers to enforce new Covid-19 restrictions around social gatherings, particularly in restaurants or bars serving food, and in private homes. The move is part of a range of new measures designed to suppress the virus in the country. The reintroduction of restrictions on gatherings both indoors and outdoors was announced by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD after ...

Monaghan-based Errigal Contracts has announced that it has purchased a significant site in Co Antrim following three years of growth and international expansion across Europe. The company is investing £20 million over the next three-year period towards the initial development of the 70-acre site, the former Enkalon industrial estate, with plans to create a centre of excellence for off-site construction. The company already has manufacturing facilities in Monaghan and this further investment is part of the Brexit strategy to make the business more flexible. The market-leading international construction company specialises ...

Jasper from Smithborough has been Reunited with his Owner Michael Fisher It’s a long, long way from Smithborough to Letterkenny, over 100km, especially for a dog! A Co. Monaghan dog has now been happily reunited with his owner after the animal was discovered wandering the streets of the Co. Donegal town earlier this month. Jasper is a 12 year-old black and white shih tzu dog, belonging to Cormac Connolly. Dog lover Tess McLoughlin from Letterkenny found the stray dog and posted an image of Jasper on Facebook. Last week, Cormac Connolly ...