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By PATSY McARDLE A MAJOR housing development group in Carrickmacross claimed yesterday (Wed) there was a welcome change in the stance of Monaghan County Council in relation to the availability of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) for tenants seeking accommodation in the attractive South Monaghan scheme. According to a statement from the Lough Na Glack Housing Development Committee there was a warm welcome for the action by the Council in relenting on a prior refusal to make the government’s housing aid scheme available to tenants. However, the group said other serious ...

Full house in the Garage theatre for a night packed with entertainment, laughter and memories. The large crowd that packed into the Garage Theatre last Friday night for Monaghan GAA’s 50 years of Scór celebration were treated to a night full of entertainment from clubs all over county Monaghan. The concert featured past and present Scór participants, former All- Ireland winners as well as some of the up and coming talent in the county. Among the dignitaries present on the night were Aodán Ó Braonáin (National Scór Chairperson) and Paula ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s request to European Council President Donald Tusk yesterday for an extension of the now balefully looming Brexit deadline of March 29 will no doubt be widely interpreted and presented as a somewhat desperate attempt by an embattled political leader to kick a smoking can with devastating explosive consequences just a little further down the road. But surely it presents a moment for this sad, silly, maddeningly protracted political mess to be put out of everyone’s collective misery. Acceding to Ms May’s request for an extension ...

Tyrone 1-16 Monaghan 0-12 JOHN GRAHAM reports from Healy Park sive Tyrone consigned Mon- aghan to a third successive de- feat in this at times quite one sided encounter that was played in good conditions in front of an attendance of 5,986 in Healy Park on Saturday evening last. Tyrone were full value for their victory in that they dictated the pace and tenor of this game throughout with the best that Monaghan could achieve was being level twice…

PATRICK SMYTH Following on from Castleblayney’s heroic exploits on the club front, the game of hurling in Monaghan got another timely boost on Sunday last at Healy Park, Omagh when the county seniors notched a gutsy 4-12 to 2-13 win over NHL Divi- sion 3A rivals Tyrone. Monaghan fielded their strongest team so far in the competition with the the ‘blayney players – Cormac McNally, Mark Treanor, Colin Merrick and Peter Treanor – all making their competitive bow for the county in 2019. …

Members of the McAnespie family of Aughnacloy and Monaghan were hosted by the Chairperson on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin T.D. in Leinster House on last Thursday, 22nd March. The McAnespie family delegation included the father of Aidan who was murdered by a British soldier at the Aughnacloy British Army checkpoint on 21st February 1988. John McAnespie now in his 83rd year was accompanied by his sons Seán and Vincent, by his nephew Brian Gormley and by the family’s solicitor Darragh Mackin. The Justice ...

By PATSY McARDLE THE ongoing row in South Monaghan involving a local housing development body and Monaghan County Council over alleged failure by the Council to approve support under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Scheme involving tenants in respect of a housing development at Lough Na Glack, has now led to a call to two government ministers for immediate action on the issue. The situation—as highlighted in THE NORTHERN STANDARD some weeks ago—has resulted in an urgent request by Drumgoan Developments Limited to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local ...

Fine Gael Senator for Cavan/Monaghan Joe O’Reilly has been elected to the position of Vice-President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Expressing delight at the appointment, for which he was nominated by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Senator O’Reilly told the Northern Standard this week that he was looking forward to doing his utmost to…

MONAGHAN AND CAVAN AGAIN “CLEAN TO EUROPEAN NORMS” BUT SLIPPING SLIGHTLY IN RANKING OF 40 TOWNS AND CITIES The latest survey by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows Monaghan in 19th spot and Cavan in 29th in the ranking of 40 towns and cities. Both have retained their Clean status while slipping slightly in the rankings. Over 90% of rural towns surveyed were deemed clean, while Dublin, Cork and Galway city centres all scored well. IBAL says a lack of community involvement explains why certain disadvantaged urban areas continue ...