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By Veronica Corr The eagerly anticipated opening of the sympathetically renovated Market House Phase I, encompassing Carrickmacross Lace Gallery and craft gallery (Collective at Market Square) took place on Monday afternoon. The building looked magnificent and the Christmas tree in the foyer made it all the more inviting. The civic structure has maintained its original features, whilst incorporating modern touches, which are essential in buildings nowadays. The invited guests congregated in the Lace Gallery for speeches. Master of Ceremonies for the event was Paul Clifford, Director of Services with Monaghan ...

Cavan/Monaghan Sinn Féin Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, accompanied by Monaghan Co Council colleagues Councillors Brian McKenna and Seán Conlon, met with LacPatrick Head of Communications and Merger Overseer Patrick Donohoe on Friday last at the LacPatrick Monaghan premises, the site of the former Town of Monaghan Co-op. Deputy Ó Caoláin told the Northern Standard that he had secured the meeting in his ongoing efforts to give voice to the concerns of the Monaghanbased LacPatrick workforce, and the wider north Monaghan community, at the recently announced cutbacks in workers’ pay ...

Michael Fisher Staff at LacPatrick Dairies have been told there will be no Christmas bonuses paid this year at any of the company’s three centres in Monaghan, Artigarvan Co. Tyrone and Ballyrashane near Coleraine. It’s part of a number of cost saving measures being put in place in order “to support the survival of the company”. The cuts do not involve any change to salaries. The co-operative’s shareholders last month unanimously approved plans to amalgamate with Lakeland Dairies, a move that needs to be approved by the competition authorities on ...

Monaghan material handling specialist manufacturer Combilift has yet another award to add to its trophy cabinet – this time for its recent expansion and activities in the Asian market which were recognised at the inaugural Asia Matters Business Awards. The Asia Matters award focuses on building dynamic business links and understanding between Asia and Ireland to drive economic growth. Since Combilift was established 20 years ago it has collected numerous accolades for its achievements in product design and innovation, its exporting expertise and overall company management. Martin McVicar and Robert ...

• Monaghan forest park gets €421,000 for future developments Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring TD has allocated funding of €421,000 to Rossmore Forest Park under Measure 3 of his Department’s Outdoor Recreation Scheme, it was learned on Tuesday last. The funding will facilitate a programme of major development works at the amenity, where construction of a playground has just commenced and plans are in train for further development of the Giant’s Trail feature. Welcoming the funding, Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather ...

Patsy McArdle The exit of Britain and the North from the European Union, and the implications for farmers from a revised EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), were described at a largely attended seminar in Co Monaghan last Friday, as creating a “double threat for the future of the family farm sector, on both sides of the Irish border. The widely representative Future of Irish Farming seminar was organised by Midlands/North West Sinn Fein MEP Mr Matt Carthy and addressed by the leaders of different major farming organisations, including the Irish ...

Peter Hughes Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD believes that Emyvale’s Silver Hill Farm produces the best duck in the world – and an increasing number of Asian consumers evidently agree. The massive impact that the North Monaghan duck production company are making on the markets of the east was illustrated at their plant on Monday when they welcomed executive representatives of the leading Singapore restaurant group Tung Lok, who simply can’t get enough Silver Hill duck. Tung Lok Group Executive Chairman Andrew Tjioe, who was accompanied ...

Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has secured a commitment from the new Garda Commissioner Drew Harris that he will meet representatives of the Dublin and Monaghan bombing campaign group Justice for the Forgotten. In his concluding address and questioning of the new Garda Commissioner, who was appearing for the first time before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality, Committee Chairperson Deputy Ó Caoláin obtained a commitment from the Commissioner to meet with members of the organisation that has led the demand and lobby for truth ...

Michael Fisher The queue just before 9am outside the leisure centre in Cavan waiting for the ballot boxes to be opened in the Presidential election count told its own story. Sinn Féin party activists including MEP Matt Carthy and several Monaghan and Cavan Councillors as well as supporters from neighbouring counties had assembled to carry out a tally. Nearly four hours later their tally of all but four of the 226 boxes was complete and the SF figures were to prove remarkably similar to the official first count result in ...

The Brennan family strike a suitable pose as they prepare to savour the devilish delights of the Haunting of Rossmore Park on Monday last, in this picture by our photographer Rory Geary. The pre-Hallowe’en scare-fest staged by the Friends of Rossmore Park sold out at an early stage as hundreds queued to experience the Scary Woods Trail which became progressively more frightening as the sun sank over the forest and darkness assumed its dominion. Just what was lurking to be encountered by those brave enough to go down to the ...