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• Councillor Coyle criticises SF for failure to insist on all-island approach Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council Councillor Seamus Coyle has expressed serious disappointment at the withdrawal of the company chosen to deliver the National Broadband Plan in the Republic of Ireland from the tendering process for the equivalent project in Northern Ireland. Granahan McCourt, the US investment firm founded by tech billionaire David McCourt, was one of three bidders for Project Stratum, Northern Ireland’s £165 million (€184 million) rural broadband project. However, it failed to submit its initial tender for ...

Michael Fisher EirGrid has made clear its intention to push forward with its controversial plan for the North South interconnector, which is still awaiting planning permission in Northern Ireland. A statement sent to The Northern Standard by the company said its agricultural liaison team remained available at the Carrickmacross office to answer questions on the multi million Euro scheme. EirGrid is continuing to work on the North South Interconnector project as a key element of its grid development programme, a company spokesman said. He added that: “We’re always keen to ...

Decrease in Coronavirus Cases But 2m Guideline Remains Michael Fisher The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has told the Cabinet he does not intend to advise that the two metre social distancing rule should be reduced. After days of speculation about a possible reduction in the restriction on physical distance, Dr Holohan told Ministers it would not be appropriate for him to recommend revising the 2m rule at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chief Medical Officer is reported to have rejected suggestions that the distance should be cut ...

Michael Fisher The Co. Antrim parent company of BD Foods in Glaslough has announced it is to close its Co. Monaghan distribition operation with a potential loss of 48 jobs. BD Foods was purchased by Henderson Foodservice based in Mallusk, outside Belfast in 2018. The firm began trading in 1993 as Barbarrie Duckling Ltd. It was founded by Emyvale businessman Paul Bowe in 1993 to import and supply barbarrie duck and other poultry from France to the expanding continental restaurant trade in Ireland. The company grew to establish its products ...

Michael Fisher Gardaí investigating the disappearance of a man last seen in Clones, Co. Monaghan eighteen years ago have confirmed that the man’s car has been located in Upper Lough Erne near Lisnaskea in Co. Fermanagh. The discovery of the vehicle is a significant breakthrough in the search that was renewed earlier this year for 55 year-old Michael ‘Tony’ Lynch. The last known sighting of Mr Lynch was at Fermanagh Street in Clones around 6:00pm on Sunday 6th January, 2002. The father of four came originally from Magheraveely, Co Fermanagh, ...

The 46th anniversary of the 1974 Monaghan and Dublin bombings was marked with a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial in Church Square in Monaghan Town last Sunday morning. The wreath was laid by Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District Seán Conlon, the sole figure present in light of the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions but acting in situ for the elected membership and staff of the local authority and the wider local community. Following Councillor Conlon’s formal wreath-laying at 9 am, other representatives of the Municipal District later gathered at the Church ...

Every year the Beech Hill College Graduation ceremony takes place in the College library followed by lots of photographs, hugs and handshakes in the garden. Due to the current social distancing restrictions, however that type of ceremony was not possible this year. The teaching staff of Beech Hill College could not let the wonderful Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied students’ progress to the next stage of their lives without a ceremony to wish them well and say goodbye….

Michael Fisher Police chiefs from either side of the border met at Moybridge over the River Blackwater on the Monaghan/Tyrone boundary near Aughnacloy on Saturday. During their discussions, which duly observed social distancing requirements, they chatted to Gardaí and PSNI members operating separate checkpoints on cross-border traffic on the main N2/A5 Dublin to Derry Road as part of a Covid-19 operation. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne put their signatures to the terms of reference for a joint review of their response to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

Co Monaghan households have been requested by Irish Water to implement water conservation practices because of the pressure on supply created by the recent lack of rainfall and increased domestic demand during the Covid-19 restrictions. With people adhering to government advice and staying at home since mid-March in response to the Covid-19 crisis, Irish Water has confirmed…

HSA WILL MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES Inspectors from the Health and Safety Authority will be able to shut down workplaces that do not comply with new safety measures aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19. Launching the government’s Return to Work Safely Protocol on Saturday (see page 16), the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD said handshakes would be banned and temperature testing will be carried out in line with public health advice. Workers will not be allowed to share pens, bottles or cups under the ...