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By Veronica Corr The shock result of the so-called “Brexit” referendum last week was one of the topics debated at the June meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District, which took place in Carrickmacross Civic Offices on Monday morning. Brexit was the main theme of newly-elected Cathaoirleach Aidan Campbell’s very topical speech when he took the chair. Councillor Campbell observed that Ireland and the UK joined the European Economic Community (EEC) together back in 1973. “The political and economic aftershock of Brexit is becoming apparent in Ireland, particular as the UK was one of our ...

Pictured is Tony Morgan, proprietor of Lipton’s, Clones, with a mock up of what a Border checkpoint might look like. “Hopefully this is not a sign of things to come. I have memories of the Border being closed in the past and since it opened we have seen an increase in Northern shoppers coming into the town. Fermanagh is part of our natural hinterland, we want progression, not regression,” Mr Morgan told The Northern Standard.

Glaslough Harriers would like to thank all athletic clubs, athletes and spectators for attending our 36th Annual Road Races last Sunday 6th March. Weather conditions were perfect for the day. We had a great turnout and a lot of happy faces. We would like to thank all Stewarts, Marshall’s, an Garda Siochana, The Red Cross, The local Residents, all our Sponsors, Peter Mc Kenna, Gareth Corrigan our MC, The Northern Standard, Emyvale.net, Paul O’ Neill, the catering staff and to everyone who helped out in any way. Without you all it would ...

An appeal has been made for wider volunteer involvement in the organisation of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Monaghan town. A meeting to establish a committee to oversee preparations for the big March 17th event will take place in the Market House in the town on Wednesday, February 6 next at 6 pm. At Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District, Cathaoirleach Robbie Gallagher encouraged the general public to come along to the meeting and take part in the event’s preparation. He requested the Town Centre Co-ordinator, Trevor Connolly, who was ...

By Cianna McNally  THE fourteenth Clones Film Festival, which took place last weekend saw three venues screening an exceptional programme of films to very appreciative audiences. The annual event kicked off in style last Thursday evening and drew a capacity crowd to the courthouse building in Clones. Three entertaining short films were shown on the night – The Picnic, Boogaloo and Graham amd Love is a Sting. The first two have a particularly strong local connection as bittersweet 1970s period drama The Picnic stars Chiara Vennitilli, an emerging young actress from Redhills, Co ...

Mickey McDonnell THE “20th Edition” of Monaghan’s Harvest Time Blues festival was another runaway success, with good crowds turning up to support the events at all levels in what has a become a firmly-embedded annual event that Monaghan can rightly be proud of promoting and sustaining over the years. The sheer class and quality of the artists who entertained the punters was again evident from the word go, and even the weather refrained from raining on the parade as locals and visitors alike were treated to one great full-house show after another ...

Michael Fisher The committee set up in County Monaghan to oppose EirGrid’s plans for an overhead 400kV North/South electricity line through five counties, with 110 large pylons in this county situated across 41 townlands, has submitted its objections to An Bord Pleanála. The County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee is calling on the Board to refuse the application and instruct EirGrid to bring forward a sensible and cost effective underground alternative. EirGrid submitted a fresh application for planning permission to the Board in June and interested parties had until Monday to submit their observations. ...

By PATSY McARDLE A CROSS-BORDER community has erected a plaque to honour the famous son of a Co. Monaghan mother, who hailed from a family at Moyles, Castleshane, to become Archbishop of New York and also elected Cardinal. A prestigious Ulster History Circle blue plaque was erected last week at Dundalk Street in Newtownhamilton, to mark the birthplace of Cardinal John Murphy-Farley, who was Archbishop of New York from 1902 to 1918. The unveiling ceremony, which attracted huge cross-border community interest, and a large turnout, was performed by Monsignor Raymond Murray, Armagh. The general ...

By Patsy McArdle THE popular Shercock-based Celtic Pure water has been short-listed as a finalist in the forthcoming Small Firms Association awards. The Corcreagh-based bottlers of the finest natural spring water, have been named as a finalist for the awards in the manufacturing category, sponsored by competitive energy provider Energia. The announcement was made at the SFA Awards Showcase in Dublin Castle last week. The awards will be presented by Awards Patron, An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, TD, to all category winners and the Overall Winner at a Gala Event in March 2015. Daniel Wolverson ...