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A former Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD was convicted at a special sitting of the District Court in Monaghan on Tuesday last on charges relating to an alleged assault at his family-owned pub last year. Seán Conlan (42) resigned from Fine Gael prior to the general election after expressing public criticism of the party leader, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and other senior party figures, over their failure to engage with local landowners in a campaign to prevent pylons and overhead cables on their farms in the cross-border interconnector electricity link-up, spearheaded by ...

Positive forecasts for future growth in the Co Monaghan economy despite the uncertainties of the post-Brexit climate were made at an awards ceremony in Monaghan Town last week. Both Monaghan Co Council’s Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan and Cathaoirleach P J O’Hanlon predicted a bright future for the county’s development on the basis of the standard of entry for the Co Monaghan Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards organised by the Monaghan Local Enterprise Office. Announced as the overall award winner at the ceremony in the Four Seasons Hotel on Wednesday, December 7 ...

SPECIAL 1916-THEMED CAKES NOW STOCKED BY ALDI Éabha Campbell from Carrickroe, the national junior baking competition winner, is celebrating the success of her ‘Muffin of the Moment’, which has gone on sale at 128 Aldi stores throughout the Republic. Éabha is the supermarket company’s youngest supplier at just 16 years of age. A pack containing two of her spiced fruit muffins sells for €1.79 and can be purchased in Carrickmacross, Cavan or Dundalk. The product which is made by West Bake Glenamaddy Ltd in County Galway, was also featured on RTÉ’s ...

Michael Fisher Investigations are continuing into the death on Monday evening of a man from County Monaghan at a wind farm site on a mountain bog at Kilronan on the Sligo/Roscommon border.   37 year-old Paddy McCaffrey was originally from Rockdaniel Road in Carrickmacross but had been living with his wife Helen in Rossinver, Co. Leitrim, for over four years.   He was killed while carrying out ground work in preparation for the installation of twelve tall turbines at Derrysallagh Wind Farm, close to the former mining village of Arigna. Construction began in ...

All-Ieland Ladies Senior Club Football Final The #Drivefor5 and #Back2back were the hashtags and rallying cries used by the Donaghamoyne ladies team this year as they set out to claim a fifth All Ireland Senior Club title and, more importantly, from their perspective, achieve historic back-to-back All-Ireland senior title triumphs. And it was a case of Mission Accomplished as the Monaghan and Ulster champions led from gun to tape to overcome their well-fancied opponents, Foxrock-Cabinteely who came into the game as Dublin and Leinster kingpins. Right from the throw in of their final ...

“Don’t take life for granted – stay safe on the roads.” This was the message emphasised strongly to the motorists of Co Monaghan this week by Garda Inspector Kevin Gavigan. Inspector Gavigan, who heads up the force’s Traffic Unit in Cavan and Monaghan, was outlining to The Northern Standard details of the Garda road safety campaign being implemented over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. “During the campaign, which commenced at midnight on December 1 and will continue until midnight on January 3, you are going to see a determined effort by ...

Santa Claus is the man who usually gives out the gifts at Christmastime. But the North Pole’s most famous denizen has been on the receiving end of a very practical present courtesy of the members of the Monaghan Men’s Shed – one he can put to very efficient use when carrying out his duties in this locality come the night hours of Christmas Eve. Santa has had restored to him the original sleigh used for his fondly remembered pre-Christmas visits to the children of the town in bygone decades. The sleigh was originally ...

Town Voucher Scheme gathers formidable momentum The voucher scheme instituted in Monaghan Town in order to boost retail trade and propagate the “shop local” mantra this Christmas has taken on a formidable level of momentum thanks to the backing it has received from major businesses in the area, Monaghan Retail Co-ordinator Trevor Connolly told The Northern Standard yesterday. Mr Connolly revealed that vouchers to the value of €150,000 had already been sold, with several of the area’s leading industries and businesses contributing a significant “buy-in” to the initiative. “There is a lot ...

NEW CARRICKMACROSS LACE GALLERY GETS APPROVAL Michael Fisher The approval of funding for a new Lace Gallery in Carrickmacross could provide a major boost for tourism in the south Monaghan area and help to open up the town. That’s the view of Bill Cotter, chair of the South Monaghan Tourism Forum and honorary member of the Lace Co-op. The former Fine Gael TD said the tourism group had been working actively to promote Carrick and the grant was long overdue. The development of a lace centre in what used to be a ...

By Cianna McNally Clones is set to benefit from €100,000 funding as part of Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys Regeneration Programme for Rural Towns. The money, announced this week under her Department’s Rural Economic Development Zones Programme, will fund a number of projects in the town including the development of a new greenway / walkway along the route of the Ulster Canal bank. This will provide a pedestrian link for residents on the Scotshouse-Newbliss road to the play park and tourism centre at ...