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Michael Fisher A Monaghan man based in California is playing a leading role in a company that has helped to develop swabs for carrying out tests for coronavirus. In the space of two weeks, Emyvale native Finbarr Watterson helped his start-up company Origin switch production from 3D printers to Covid-19 test kits. With restrictions in place across the world designed to limit the spread of the virus, many businesses decided to pitch in along with academics to examine how they could help in the fight. Origin was founded in 2015 ...

The Northern and Western Regional Assembly area of which Co Monaghan is a part will bear the heaviest economic brunt of the current Covid-19 national medical emergency, according to its Director, David Minton. Mr Minton told the Northern Standard that the Northern and Western region had 48.6% of its commercial units operating in the sectors worst impacted by the pandemic. “Having been considered one of the fastest growing economies in the European Union in recent years, the Irish economic landscape has profoundly changed due to the outbreak of Covid-19,” Mr ...

• NEW SYSTEM NEEDED – Ó CAOLÁIN Michael Fisher A Dublin registered company has been paid more than €34 million by the State over the past eighteen years for the operation of a Direct Provision Centre in Monaghan. St Patrick’s accommodation centre at Drumgoask was set up in the buildings of the former agricultural college. It began by taking in 40 asylum seekers in December 2001 and at one stage accommodated 223. The total number is now believed to be just under 200. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice and ...

In view of the recent announcement by the Irish Government that there is to be a phased lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, the Bishop of Clogher, Bishop Larry Duffy, has asked parishes to reflect on how some degree of normality can be returned to parish life. Bishop Duffy states that ‘while it will be some time yet before we see the restoration of what we would consider a normal routine at parish level, journeys always begin with small steps, taken together and for the good of all and, especially, taking into ...

Ballinode chef Ollie Keenan, who works one of Sodexo’s corporate services businesses in the North East, scooped bronze in the 2020 Sodexo UK and Ireland Chef of the Year competition in early March. It was his first time to compete in the live cook-off, which took place at the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering (HRC) event in ExCel London. Ollie, representing Ireland and Northern Ireland, impressed the judges with his take on a menu using ‘Future 50’ ingredients. 75% of the global food supply comes from only 12 plant and five ...

The organisers of the Monaghan Country Music Festival this week announced the cancellation of the 2020 event due to health and safety concerns arising from the Covid-19 national medical emergency. Although widely anticipated, the formal cancellation announcement will disappoint the large group of patrons from across Ireland and abroad who have habituated the four-day celebration of the country music genre since its inception, helping to establish it as an Irish summer festival highlight. The voluntary organising committee in a statement on social media said that it was “with a heavy ...

Michael Fisher “I am encouraging everyone to stay at home and observe the Covid-19 guidelines” Cavan Monaghan Chief Superintendent John O’Reilly told The Northern Standard on Tuesday. Operation Fanacht will be ongoing until the evening of Bank Holiday Monday, by which stage the government are expected to announce whether the current restrictions will be extended. Some 84 Garda checkpoints and mobile patrols are now in operation throughout Co. Monaghan on a 24/7 basis. They are covering the main border crossings such as Moybridge on the N2 Dublin to Derry road, ...

Splitter Device for Ventilators was Developed in Five Weeks Michael Fisher Monaghan company Combilift, best known for its manufacture of forklifts, has drawn on its engineering expertise to develop a medical device that could potentially help thousands of people worldwide in the battle against coronavirus. The Combi-Ventilate is a splitter device that turns a single ventilator into multiple use for two or more patients. Six weeks ago, the company’s Chief Executive Martin McVicar told The Northern Standard about measures they were taking to implement public health guidelines on Covid-19 among the ...

175 people with an interest in volunteering to help with the Covid-19 crisis have registered with Monaghan Volunteer Centre and new registrations continue to come in every day, the centre reported in a media release to the Northern Standard this week which continued: “These people are from all walks of life, from students to retired people. Some have been volunteering for years, others are thinking of volunteering for the first time. “Monaghan Volunteer Centre, as part of Monaghan Integrated Development, has been working closely with Monaghan Co Council and other ...

The presence of avian influenza in ten poultry flocks in Co Monaghan is contributing to a growing shortfall in the availability of eggs. It is estimated that more than half-a-million egg-producing hens in the county have been culled since the outbreak of H6N1 bird flu subtype was detected. The loss of so many layers and the reduction in a bird’s egg production that the disease can have has combined with the increased demand for eggs in the current Covid-19 climate to bring about a significant shortfall in supply, leading to ...