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Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth has called on Health Minister Stephen Donnelly TD to address the impact in Co Monaghan of the restructuring of Doctor on Call services, and the pressures currently being faced by the county’s GPs. In a Topical Issues debate in the Dáil on Thursday last, Deputy Smyth also called for the Minor Injury Unit service at Monaghan Hospital to be extended to a 24-hour service. Speaking to the Northern Standard this week, Deputy Smyth said she had raised the reconfiguration of North East Doctor On ...

Monaghan face Derry on Sunday to keep alive their Ulster title challenge Colm Shalvey reports Ulster SFC Final is the prize on offer as Monaghan take on Derry in Armagh this Sunday. Both teams go into this one on the back of double-digits wins, but while Monaghan’s comfortable path past an out-of-sorts Down was widely predicted in advance, the other side of the draw produced a red-letter day for Derry as they turned over All-Ireland champions Tyrone on their home soil. Tyrone were far from their best on the day, having lost ...

Figures revealed by Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan Matt Carthy this week show that the Minor Injury Unit at Monaghan General Hospital is the only one in the country operating a five-day-a-week service. The country’s other MIUs are all in operation each day of the week, and for longer daily hours than those that apply in Monaghan. “The Minor Injuries Unit at Monaghan Hospital is the only such unit that does not operate on a 7-day week basis and is alone in not opening on Bank Holidays – it also ...

A man in his late 20s was arrested following search operations carried out by the Gardaí in Monaghan Town and Newbliss this week to clamp down on the sale and supply of illegal drugs. Carried out under Operation Tara, the searches led to the seizure of a quantity of illegal drugs and assorted drugs paraphernalia. The person arrested was questioned at Monaghan Garda Station. A file on the matter is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Monaghan Co Council agreed on Monday to invite Minister for Climate Action, Communications and Transport Eamon Ryan TD to the county to view what Fianna Fáil local public representative Seamus Coyle branded the “atrocious condition” of some local roads. Councillor Coyle proposed a motion requesting Minister Ryan and the Government to allocate additional road restoration funding to the county due to the deterioration in local road conditions and the “huge increase” in the cost of repair materials and fuel. The motion extended an invitation to the Green Party leader to ...

The passing on Monday, December 20 following a long illness of Fr John Kearns CC SPS of Garrison, Co Fermanagh has evoked deep sorrow, and many tributes to a beloved religious figure described by Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy as “a committed priest and larger-than-life character”. A native of Corcaghan in Co Monaghan, Fr Kearns was best known in the diocese and community for the love of motorbikes which inspired him to co-found the Gone But Not Forgotten Bikers Memorial, an annual Mass in the Sacred Heart Church ...

Reports that illegal fuel laundering activity had returned to blight Co Monaghan and the wider Border region prompted the members of Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee on Tuesday to petition Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael Mc- Grath TD for action. The crime – which produces a virulent waste by-product that costs local authorities considerable sums to deal with – had appeared relatively quiescent in recent times, but Tuesday’s JPC meeting in Monaghan Town’s Garage Theatre was informed that 2021 had seen ...

COLM SHALVEY The Owen Ward Cup will be presented for the first time since 2019 when Clontibret and Scotstown contest the Shoe City Senior Football League Final in Castleblayney tomorrow night (Friday). After the condensed 2020 season left no room for the club leagues, they returned this June, with the group stages being wrapped up prior to the championships starting. Clontibret and Scotstown have both reached this stage the hard way. Having overcome the absence of their sizable county contingents to finish third in their respective groups, the teams have come ...

COMMENT Co Monaghan’s vitally important agri-food sector finds itself assailed by a number of significant pressures at the present time that our politicians, farm and business organisations should be monitoring with close care. The problem of labour shortages and the difficulties being presented for mushroom, poultry and meat producers was raised in Seanad Éireann in the last week by Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher. Senator Gallagher identified the problem as arising from the time it now took to process employment permit applications, significant because of the extent to which the sectors ...

With every team having played at least twice in the Monaghan Club Championships, it is time to assess the state of affairs, says Jack Madden Covid-19 has had an impact on the fixture list, but with vaccinations continuing to be rolled out, changing rooms reopened, and the magic date of October 22nd approaching, fingers crossed it will be all about football from here on in. SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP 1 The table has a rather unorthodox look to it, with the only two teams to have played three games occupying the ...