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Monaghan hurlers get “monkey” off their back PATRICK SMYTH Monaghan’s premier hurlers saved their best wine ‘till last to leave Louth punch drunk and relegated in a winner- takes-all clash last Sunday in Inniskeen. Paul Hughes’ charges arguably produced their best display of the national league season in securing their first win of the campaign. In doing so, the hosts ensured that they had retained their NHL Division 3A status for 2021. “I had to find out a lot about the players and we have been changing the team around and looking ...

MONAGHAN 2-16 MAYO 0-13 John Graham reports Monaghan staged an increasingly effective second-half performance to ease to a thoroughly deserved NFL Div 1 victory over thirteen man Mayo in this eagerly awaited contest that was played in bright if somewhat chilly and greasy conditions in Clones on Sunday afternoon last. Monaghan were full value for their victory, but it wasn’t until the final quarter that they were able to put real daylight between themselves and the Westerners who, following this defeat, have now all but said goodbye to their chances of retaining their ...

History suggests another humdinger KEVIN ÓG CARNEY COMMENTARY Monaghan have played Donegal so much over the last ten years that matches between them are almost akin to being a derby at this stage. This Sunday, the two counties will clash again. The Tír Chonaill side will host the game which could be a deciding factor. No matter what most managers say, the vast majority of games in the league and championship on an annual basis are won by the hosts. Some counties are notoriously less potent on the road. Some counties are ...

KEVIN ÓG CARNEY reports Monaghan GAA has always been a great supporter of Scór in all its facets. Of course, success only comes around through hard work and in that regard the very hard working Monaghan Scór committee deserves great kudos for their latest production; the 2020 Scór Sinsir finals. Fifty one years on from its inception nationally, Scór is still very much a thriving entity of the GAA in Monaghan as was evidenced by the efforts put in by the county’s clubs at the finals last weekend. The 2019 Acorn ...

Monaghan chase crucial points against Mayo COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY After a one-point loss, a win and a dramatic draw, Monaghan’s Allianz National Football League Division One campaign reaches a pivotal stage with this Sunday’s fourth-round game at home to Mayo. Monaghan and Mayo are two of the four teams deadlocked on three points after as many games in a tightly-packed table where just a single point separates seven sides. Monaghan will be fairly satisfied with their performances so far, albeit with a nagging sense of having left points behind them in both ...

Defiant Dubs deny Monaghan hat-trick COLM SHALVEY REPORTS

MONAGHAN 1-15 DUBLIN 1-15 While most of the country were casting their vote last Saturday evening, Monaghan manager Seamus McEnaney (PICTURED) was giving his foot soldiers a major vote of confidence as he faced the media at Croke Park, writes PATRICK SMYTH. The Farney county went toe to toe with Dublin in a cracking NFL Division One tie and although they didn’t get over the line in pole position, all in the visitors’ camp might well elect to raise the bar for themselves on foot of what was a deserved draw after ...

Outgoing Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan and General Election candidate Niamh Smyth said this week that the Government needed to get serious about dealing with the dysfunctional motor insurance market. “A recent Central Bank report confirmed that the cost of claims per motor insurance policy fell by 2.5% since 2009 while on average motor premiums increased by 42% over the same period,” she stated. “The Government are behaving as if an epiphany occurred when the National Claims Information Database confirmed what we have known all along, that motorists have been ...

Comments made by the Northern Ireland Finance Minister Conor Murphy of Sinn Féin in relation to the murder in Co Monaghan in 2007 of Co Armagh man Paul Quinn were raised with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons yesterday. In response to representations on the comments made by Northern Ireland MPs, Mr Johnson said that his Government would “implement the Stormont Agreement in such a way as to provide certainty for veterans and justice for victims as well.” The mother of Paul Quinn has called for ...

Monaghan aim to build on Tyrone win Monaghan will be looking to build on last Sunday’s win over Tyrone when they travel to Croke Park to face All-Ireland champions Dublin this Saturday. Monaghan have showed different aspects to their game in the opening two weekends of the league, displaying plenty of attacking intent in a narrow defeat to Galway, before employing a more compact structure in seeing off a subdued Tyrone in front of a big crowd in Castleblayney last Sunday. Monaghan set up in a more recognisable way for their ...