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The GAA seems to be still planning to hold club and inter-county championships in 2020, but have ruled out any games before October and say there is a lack of interest in playing matches behind closed doors. A series of conference calls on these matters between senior Croke Park officials and county chairpersons were held during last week, following much recent speculation from various stakeholders, managers, referees, players and officials, as to whether the 2020 season should be abandoned. Counties had already been asked to suspend all activity until July ...

Golf courses will reopen for play on a restricted basis in the first phase of the Government’s ‘road map’. the Ceos of Golf Ireland and Tennis Ireland both told RTÉ sport earlier this week that the priority for clubs will be ensuring physical distancing can be maintained as they begin to reopen from May 18. Golf’s national governing bodies – Golf Ireland, the Irish Ladies’ Golf union and the Golfing union of Ireland – warmly welcomed the news that courses will reopen later this month, with Golf Ireland Ceo Mark ...

‘In normal circumstances this week we would be looking forward to the preliminary round of the Ulster Senior Football Ch’ship with Monaghan taking on Cavan in Clones’ John Graham There is no doubt Covid-19 is playing havoc with life, not only in this country but across the world and with the lockdown continuing the ulster championship like a lot of other sporting competitions and occasions has been put on an indefinite hold. In normal circumstances this week we would be looking forward to the preliminary round of the Ulster Senior Football Championship ...

CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 CRISIS “Requests are coming in from all over the world” says Bernie Bradley COLM SHALVEY Older people across the county have been receiving phone calls from a host of Monaghan GAA stars this week as part of a new ‘It’s Good To Talk’ initiative in conjunction with the Monaghan Age Friendly programme. Monaghan County Council Social Inclusion Officer and Age Friendly Programme Manager Bernie Bradley (CIRCLED) told The Northern Standard that the scheme had been warmly welcomed in its first few days. “Feedback has been very positive for both the ...

As the effects of the lockdown impact increasingly on the whole population, the question of resuming the playing of GAA games is being discussed increasingly with various suggestions as to what the way forward might be. One suggestion though that plans are been discussed regarding getting inter county panels back in training was summarily dismissed by GAA President John Horan, who described himself as being “aghast” at the suggestion and he stressed that activity will only be resumed…

Dessie Ward’s been stuck at home since the lockdown but Monaghan county footballer Ward (PICTURED) is keeping in shape — on a football pitch he made at his home. The Ballybay ace marked out a pitch in one of the fields and installed goalposts so he can practice. How clever is that!

CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 CRISIS COLM SHALVEY The Monaghan Gaelic football senior ladies are hitting the roads this week as part of a major fundraiser in aid of three very worthy causes. With the tagline “Running together, while staying apart”, the county ladies and their management team set themselves two lofty targets – to run a combined 1,000km over the course of the week (within the 2km radius of their homes) and to raise over €7,000 for charity via a GoFundMe page. With manager Ciarán Murphy leading by example by clocking up the kilometres ...

On Tuesday April 14 a group of young individuals from around Co Monaghan along with numerous established officials from Fianna Fáil’s Ógra national executive came together to form the youth wing of Fianna Fáil in the county of Monaghan. A media release stated: “Under the circumstances that our communities are currently experiencing – the youth party decided to meet online in the interest of public health. The county has been without a youth wing of Fianna Fáil for over 10 years. The group’s first order of business was to ...

By Veronica Corr Many people from Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan and the region in general will be disappointed to learn that Carrickmacross Street Festival, (which ironically came about as the result of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade being cancelled in 2001 during the Foot and Mouth outbreak), will not take place because of ongoing efforts to contain the COVID-19. In a statement this week, Chairperson David Maggs wrote that the festival committee were sincerely disappointed to have to announce their decision to cancel the June Bank Holiday event for 2020. The reasons ...

DONEGAL 2-12 MONAGHAN 0-08 COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan’s Allianz National Football League Division One fate hangs in the balance after a disappointing defeat away to Donegal last Sunday. Monaghan put in four encouraging performances in succession for which five points was arguably scant reward, with points slipping away in Salthill and Croke Park, but their third away game without a win was a different story. A flat performance in Ballyshannon, where the locals remain unbeaten since 2009, saw Monaghan’s seniors follow the U-20s a week earlier in leaving the south- Donegal town ...