Articles in the Monaghan Category

The family event itself accommodates everyone, as is a sporting occasion for the fitness enthusiast running the 10k, or a recreational stroll for those who would like to walk the distance and enjoy the scenery. The main aim is for everyone to have an enjoyable day while helping others. The main event will feature the 10K race sanctioned by the Athletic Association of Ireland with prize money at stake for the top finishers. The excitement does not end there as the fun and activities are set to continue with refreshments ...

Monaghan songsmith Ryan Sheridan is pictured amid a sea of appreciative fans at the launch of his debut album ‘The Day You Live Forever’ at Sound Quality in Fleming’s Super Valu store on Tuesday. Ryan took time out from a busy tour schedule to do the local ‘meet and greet’ for a recording that many predict will propel the Pound Hill man into the Irish music big time.

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie Well-known ‘Dragon’s Den’ star Seán Gallagher, who confirmed on last Friday’s ‘Late Late Show’ that he is determined to run for the presidency later this year, has strong connections with both Monaghan and Cavan. While the popular television personality and entrepreneur grew up and got his schooling in Co Cavan — and describes himself as a native of the Breffni county — he also readily acknowledges that it was at Pound Hill, Monaghan town that he was born and spent the first few years of his ...

By PATSY McARDLE FINE Gael Dail deputy Sean Conlan has revealed that the Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly T.D., has agreed to urgent talks on the future of Monaghan General Hospital—directly involving himself and his officials—with representatives from Monaghan County Council and Monaghan Town Council, as requested in recent weeks by both local authorities. The Minister’s willingness to have on-the-spot discussions with the local public representatives, following personal representations from the new Ballybay-based Fine Gael TD on the need for the development of the services at ...

Monaghan Town Council at a specially convened meeting on Tuesday decided to contact Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton in a bid to banish the local uncertainty that has arisen around the future provision of FÁS services in the town for the unemployed. Cathaoirleach Robbie Gallagher convened the emergency Council session after being contacted by the staff of the Monaghan FÁS office, who stated that they had been notified of the possible closure of the facility “on a temporary basis” during the summer months. Fine ...

Elaine ‘Shooter’ Alexander who has taken up the challenge to become the first woman from Ireland to circumnavigate the island by kayak, left Cranfield Point yesterday morning after being storm bound for two full days. Now one week since her departure from Whitehead Yacht Club on the County Antrim Coast, the small lass from Monaghan has had a tough time of it, paddling through head-on winds of up to 30 miles per hour. However in the first five days she made some fantastic progress, covering 150 miles despite ...

By Veronica Corr Good news generally comes in threes, but for the Crossan family, it came in the form of four bundles of joy. The four Crossan brothers Jonathan, Donal, Declan and Noel recently became fathers to four babies, three girls and a boy, who were born within weeks of each other. However, Declan, who contacted The Northern Standard, was quick to point out that it was their wives who did the hard work. Jonathan and Sinead, Greaghdrumitt, Carrickmacross, were blessed with Georgia on January 17th; Donal and Marguerita, also hailing from ...

Fianna Fáil’s Pádraig McNally moved a motion at Tuesday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council advocating the deployment of mobile hidden cameras to curb outbreaks of illegal dumping that were taking place across the county. Proposing that the Monaghan authority follow the lead of Kerry Co Council in putting hidden cameras in areas subject to illegal dumping, the South Monaghan representative described the amount of illegal dumping that was going on in Co Monaghan as “alarming”. He said that such activities had a “magnet effect”, as any incident of ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie At one point it looked like Féile Oriel 2011 might not happen at all, but any worries along those lines were firmly in the past when the curtain came down on a sun-blessed weekend of traditional music and arts, which attracted musicians and crowds to Monaghan town from far and near. There were no dark skies over the county town as the recession was forgotten for a few days, the good weather stayed put — and the financial cloud that formed when Monaghan Co Council’s Peace ...

Fine Gael’s David Maxwell told Tuesday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council that he was hopeful that Minister for Health James Reilly would visit Monaghan General Hospital in the near future. Colr Maxwell said the FG members of the Council, along with Cavan/Monaghan TDs Heather Humphreys and Sean Conlon, were in the process of trying to get Minister Reilly to come to Monaghan to meet with a Co Council delegation and visit the hospital. “We hope to have that meeting secured in the next four-six weeks,” he stated. ...