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Fine Gael Dáil Deputy Sean Conlan yesterday expressed disappointment with the reaction by some Fianna Fáil members of Monaghan Co Council to his letter to the local authority on the EirGrid interconnector issue. “I don’t think the communities affected by the project will be too pleased with some Council members deciding to play politics with what is a very emotive subject,” the Cavan/Monaghan TD stated when asked by The Northern Standard for a reaction to Monday’s Council debate. Deputy Conlan emphasised that the intention of his letter was to respond to a ...

SOME public concerns were aired this week over a proposal for the construction of an energy farm on the outskirts of the South Monaghan town. It is understood the project is planned for a site in the Nafferty/Derryolam area and involves the construction of an 85- metre to 100- metre (300 feet) wind turbine as well as the installation of large numbers of solar panels on the 7.5 acre site. However, a planning application has not, as yet, been lodged with Monaghan County Council. A previous planning application for an 85- metre ...

By PATSY McARDLE A SOUTH Monaghan couple who lost a son in a tragic road fatality was included in a Families for Justice delegation which travelled to Brussels earlier this month to highlight the circumstances in which they lost loved ones and the manner in which the cases were investigated by the authorities. The group has felt they were let down by the Irish justice system and is campaigning for greater awareness and further investigation into the circumstances of the death of family members. The delegation was facilitated by Sinn Féin MEPs Matt ...

A €300 FINE for allowing a vehicle to be driven with no insurance has been imposed on a 42-year-old Latvian woman who was the owner of a car in which a fellow national, Mr Edvins Danilovs, was killed when the vehicle went off the road at Crowey, Silverstream, Monaghan (on the R185, which links the main N12 Monaghan–Middletown road to Glaslough) on Saturday 13th April 2013. At Monday’s sitting of Monaghan District Court, Ms Kornelija Leitane, who has an address at SMA Father’s House, Drumneen, Claremorris, Co Mayo, pleaded guilty to ...

The 8th annual Blackwater 10k Run & Walk (and 4km fun run / walk option) is taking place this Sunday 17th May 2015 at 12noon starting from Monaghan United Football Grounds. Monaghan Sports Partnership is delighted once again to be associated with this fantastic event. The route had to be changed over the past few years in line with tree felling and other works determining the pathways that could be used but we are pleased that the Blackwater 10k goes back to its original route this year which means that most of ...

Notions of winning the Ulster Final have been out there for some time but more so this week with Donegal and Tyrone getting it started. by JOHN GRAHAM 2015 Ulster senior football championship gets underway with the meeting of reigning champions Donegal and Tyrone in Ballybofey in what should be a fitting start, even an exciting start to what is expected to be one of the most competitive championships in years. The Ulster senior football championship is the most competitive of the four provincial series in that any of the nine teams ...

Monaghan’s minor football manager Garrett Coyle says he and his players are looking forward to their Ulster Championship opener against Cavan on Sunday week. Monaghan failed to win a game in an Ulster Minor Football League campaign that was hampered by the progress of schools from the county in their championships, but Coyle says their preparations have stepped up in the last few weeks as the local derby looms on the horizon. Coyle admits that Monaghan were “behind schedule” in the early stages of the year, but points out that the progress ...

Roscommon 1-14 Monaghan 0-17 By JOHN GRAHAM THERE was a touch of déjà vous for Monaghan in last Saturday’s visit to Athleague as they failed to add a Rackard Cup victory to their league success over the same opposition and not for the first time in a game where they were out played for long periods and by the time they mounted a challenge in the second half the game was out of reach with the home side comfortable winners. Monaghan had deserverdly beaten the Rossies in their last two league meetings, suggesting that both ...

By Michael Fisher Carrick: this one’s for you! Boxer Christina McMahon proudly displayed her WBC title belt to the crowd of several hundred who welcomed her home to the Main Street in Carrickmacross on Tuesday evening. It might be only the interim female world bantamweight title, but to everyone in Monaghan, she is the county’s new international boxing champion, rivalling the achievements of the Clones Cyclone. The full title remains one fight away, but that could be some time down the road. “I have to be world champion before I turn ...

Michael Fisher “Welcome home, champ!” said the posters in the shop windows. A crowd of around 500 welcomed home the victorious boxer Christina McMahon in Carrickmacross on Tuesday night.  Christina won the interim WBC female bantamweight world title on Saturday, defeating her Zambian opponent in Lusaka in a tough contest over ten rounds. So she is now one fight away from the full title. Christina was given a civic reception and was presented with gifts from Monaghan County Council, Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District and the Carrickmacross Festival Committee, which helped to ...