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Michael Fisher It was a day of celebration for the parish of Tydavnet and the diocese of Clogher as former Scotstown footballer Seán Mulligan from Knockatallon was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Noel Treanor at St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan on Sunday. It had been over fifty years since anyone from that area close to the border with Co. Fermanagh had been ordained. Fr Seán is 47 and is a lifelong pioneer, with a great devotion to Our Lady, in the footsteps of the late Canon Bernard Maguire from ...

HEALTH MINISTER ACCEPTS NEW CONTRACT IS NEEDED New Primary Care Centre for Carrickmacross to be ready by 2020 Michael Fisher The General Practitioner service is in absolute crisis at the moment, according to two prominent local doctors. Some practices in the Co. Monaghan area are closed to new patients. At one surgery in Carrickmacross, existing patients are queueing up before opening time at the start of the week in the hope of getting appointments. Meanwhile the HSE has confirmed in response to a query from Sinn Féin Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin that ...

Arlene Foster says going to GAA Match was a “Significant Step” Michael Fisher It was a short journey, around seventeen miles, for the DUP leader Arlene Foster from her home near Brookeborough in Fermanagh across the border to Clones on Sunday. But it was an important one that could help to unblock the current political stalemate in the North. Earlier this month Leo Varadkar became the first Taoiseach from the Republic to visit the headquarters of the Orange Order. He paused to pay his respects at a memorial to commemorate 336 ...

Peter Hughes A report produced after an extensive consultation process identifying issues of concern for women in Monaghan was launched on Monday evening last. Produced by the women’s support and advocacy group Dochas, the document was praised by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD – keynote speaker at the launch event in the St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre – as a timely and important contribution to identifying matters of contemporary concern to Monaghan women. The Minister, her fellow Cavan/Monaghan TDs Niamh Smyth and…

Aidan McAnespie’s Family Welcome Move to Prosecute Soldier for Manslaughter Michael Fisher Sitting at their home in Aughnacloy on Tuesday evening, members of the family of Aidan McAnespie were still assessing the news that a former British soldier is to be prosecuted in connection with his death at a border checkpoint thirty years ago. Earlier that day they met representatives of the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service in Belfast. It was confirmed that a decision had been taken to prosecute a former British soldier in relation to the death of Mr ...

Michael Fisher Clones is on a roll. For the third Friday in succession, Heather Humphreys announced another major boost for the border town. The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation revealed that special funding of €350,000 had been agreed by the government for major upgrading at St Tiarnach’s Park, the traditional home of the Ulster Final (which she looked forward to attending on Sunday). During a visit to the ground last weekend, Minister Humphreys told The Northern Standard she wanted to see the stadium developed in future as an iconic ...

Orange Order Project Officer in Co. Monaghan, David Waller (right), shows the Taoiseach two collarettes belonging to his family from Emyvale and Glaslough RBP during Mr Varadkar’s visit to the Orange Heritage museum in East Belfast last Friday. It was the first time a serving Taoiseach had visited the Order’s headquarters . Mr Varadkar was greeted by the Grand Master Edward Stevenson. They paused inside the building to pay their respects at a memorial window in tribute to 336 members of the Loyal Order who had been murdered during the ...

In scenes reminiscent of the glory days of the late businessman and horse-racing supremo Oliver Brady, there were whoops of joy at Navan Racecourse on Wednesday night, June 6 last as the Up Monaghan syndicate led in Spiral Galaxy following his scintillating win in the Midsummer Raceday Handicap at odds of 14/1. Trained by Anthony McCann in Oliver ’s former racing establishment in Co Monaghan, and having only his third….

• Peter Hughes Poignant calm reigned at the heart of a busy Monaghan noontime on Tuesday as the town paused to honour one of its fallen own. The plaque unveiled at 3 Hill Street read: “Garda Michael Clerkin 1952-1976 Who died in the line of duty 16th October 1976 Awarded the Scott Gold Medal 2017”. The An Garda Síochána crest and an image of the medal in question, the highest honour the force can bestow, framed a portrait of a smiling…

Approval given for major tourism project Michael Fisher “It will be a sight to behold. Water here in the (Ulster) Canal in Clones at last!” The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD was in ebullient mood and was applauded as she joined her Cabinet colleague Minister Josepha Madigan TD to announce a major tourism project for the Co. Monaghan border town, based on the restoration of the Ulster Canal. The news they brought was welcomed by all those who gathered at the Canal Stores last Friday for a ...