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Peter Hughes Calls for better co-ordination of the support services available to people at risk of or bereaved by suicide in Co Monaghan were made at a suicide prevention awareness event organised by the mental health group Solas in Monaghan Town’s Westenra Arms Hotel last Thursday evening. But perhaps the chief emphasis of the occasion, which drew a large audience, was on the importance of reaching out with kindness to people experiencing a mental health crisis or who have lost a loved one who has taken their own life. The ...

The Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan Town was the venue on Friday last for the opening event of Bioeconomy Ireland Week, which focused on Sustainability and the Future of Food. Over 120 food producers, researchers and academics from all over Ireland were addressed by experts in the field, among them Rory McDonnell, Bord Bia’s Head of Strategic Insight, who discussed future food trends. An industry-led panel comprising Justin Carton, Manor Farm; Jason Whooley, Bio-Marine Ingredients and Kobus De Klerk, MBio debated Sustainability and the Future of Protein. Professor Kevin O’Connor from ...

Peter Hughes Fianna Fáil will challenge strongly for a seat in the Co Monaghan portion of the Cavan/Monaghan constituency in the General Election set to take place next year, party leader Micheál Martin told The Northern Standard on Thursday last. Mr Martin gave an exclusive interview to this newspaper at the start of a full day of engagements in the Monaghan area which included a visit to the Monaghan Education Campus and to the national Tidy Towns title-winning village of Glaslough. While meeting the people on the ground has been ...

Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher said this week that confirmation of two additional limited stop services from Bus Eireann was welcome – but significant issues remained with the service on Route 32 Letterkenny-Dublin and back, serving Monaghan. Senator Gallagher said he was told of the new services after he had contacted the company with regard to the complaints of constituents. “Local people have complained of an “abysmal service” provided by Bus Eireann on Route 32, where the bus scheduled to arrive in Castleblayney at 17.40 arrived a full hour ...

Jubilation, celebration and congratulation were general throughout Co Monaghan this week following the announcement on Monday that the North Monaghan village of Glaslough had been chosen as the overall winner of the national Tidy Towns competition for 2019. Glaslough was adjudged the best of a record 918 entries for this year’s SuperValu-sponsored competition and also received the award for Ireland’s Tidiest Village for the second year in a row. The village, which previously won the national title in 1978, was awarded 346 marks by the adjudicators, one more than Blackrock, ...

By Veronica Corr Market Square Shopping Centre was a hive of activity on Monday afternoon, as Carrickmacross Tidy Towns Committee unveiled Ireland’s first return/deposit reverse vending machine, having just returned victoriously from a ceremony in Dublin’s Helix Theatre where they took home the town’s eighth successive gold medal in the National Tidy Towns Competition 2019. Although it was an abysmal day weather-wise in the picturesque town, there was no raining on the committee’s parade and thankfully the launch was indoors. The machine is located inside the back doors of Market ...

Michael Fisher A new Garda Armed Support Unit began operating on Monday in the border area from its base in Cavan town. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, and Fine Gael TD for Cavan Monaghan, Heather Humphreys, was among the first to welcome the addition of this resource for tackling crime in the area, especially in the wake of what she said was the recent horrific attack on Fermanagh businessman Kevin Lunney. A Garda spokesperson said the ASU unit for Cavan and Monaghan has been introduced to provide support to ...

Children and young people from Monaghan Town added their voices to the powerful call to arms for climate change justice heard across the globe on Friday last. People going about their business in Church Square during the busy early afternoon stopped to view and listen to a colourful highlighting of the emerging generations’ concerns about the way their planet is being looked after by those in charge. “We want to make our presence felt,” local visual artist Olivia Johnson told the Northern Standard as her children donned costumes and held ...

Farmers’ Protest Continues in Clones Michael Fisher “Tell them farming is on the floor and rural Ireland is on its knees.” This was the stark picture described by the dozen or so farmers protesting near the entrance to the ABP factory in Clones. They have spent days and nights over the past fortnight camped in a field and observing movements in and out of the Goodman plant. A High Court injunction remains in place served against the Beef Plan Movement and a number of named individuals to prevent any blockade of ...

McQuaid Upholstery from Crumlin, Silverstream, Co Monaghan recently received the prestigious Best Irish Manufactured Product award for the second year running at the Irish Furniture and Homewares Show in Dublin. To come top of over 200 companies is a significant achievement for the small Monaghan enterprise, whose representatives Paul and Seamus McQuaid are pictured accepting their 2019 award from Mark Gannon, Show President. “We are delighted to have received this award for the second year in succession,” Paul McQuaid stated. “The success is down to the hard work and commitment ...