MONAGHAN GOES GREEN: St Patrick’s Church and Monaghan Courthouse, which were both lit up green for the St Patrick’s celebrations in the town last week. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

Texaco Children’s Art Competition adjudicator Colleen Watters pictured during judging of entries in this year’s competition, the results of which will be announced mid-April. In her hand is an entry by 16-year old Lauren McKenna entitled ‘My vivid imagination’ and two others by her 18-year old sister Rachel McKenna, entitled ‘Ashton Irwin’ and ‘Ed Sheeran’. Both are pupils at St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan Town. Prizes will be presented at a ceremony that takes place in Dublin in May.

Monaghan will hope to remain touch at the top of the Allianz National Football League Division One when they travel to Ballyshannon to face Donegal on Sunday. Last Sunday’s game against Roscommon saw Monaghan return to winning ways and earn a third victory from five, leaving them in a four-way tie for top spot. Donegal are one of the three teams sharing that position with Monaghan, having surprised many by going unbeaten in their last four …

Our Lady’s Secondary School, Castleblayney fell short in their bid to win a second MacLarnon Cup in three years and to keep the title in Monaghan for the third consecutive campaign when they lost to St. Ciarán’s College, Ballygawley in an entertaining decider at the Athletic Grounds last Friday. Goals in the first quarter by James Wilson and David Hanley gave Our Lady’s a narrow lead, but they were never able to pull away with the wind at their backs and St. Ciarán’s won the second half by 1-8 to ...

Michael Fisher A well-known home decoration and paint shop in Monaghan town was badly damaged in an intense fire early on Friday morning that caused traffic disruption. It was a major setback for the McAdam family, who started up Albany home décor nearly fifty years ago and have served thousands of customers in that time.   The outbreak was one of the largest ever that the fire service in Monaghan has had to cope with. It began in the three-storey building close to the Market House shortly after 2.30am. The area around Market ...

By PATSY McARDLE THE saga which has continued over the necessity for a full investigation into all the circumstances of the tragic death of a young South Monaghan law student in a hit-and-run—while he was cycling, near Carrickmacross more than five years ago—-has led to a further call by Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin T.D., to An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny T.D., for a Commission of Inquiry to be set up to probe the fatality. It was confirmed that the Fianna Fáil leader has written directly to ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie IRISH Coastguard pilot Dara Fitzpatrick, who died tragically in the air-sea rescue helicopter crash off the Mayo coast early on Tuesday morning, had strong connections with Cootehill and Co Cavan, the Northern Standard can confirm. Many tributes have been paid to 45-year-old Captain Fitzpatrick, who was one of four crew members aboard the Dublin-based Sikorsky S-92 helicopter that went down shortly before 1am. Chief pilot Mark Duffy from Dundalk, Co Louth and winchmen Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith from north Co Dublin were still missing as we went ...

A 21-years-old woman who was arrested by gardai at Dublin Airport after her return from the United States, where she allegedly fled to avoid arrest for alleged dangerous driving, resulting in the death of a well known Ulster Gaelic footballer in 2012, is to face trial at the Circuit Criminal Court in Monaghan in May. But Judge Denis McLoughlin at a sitting of the District Court in Carrickmacross yesterday (Wed) adjourned the formal application for the remand, on bail, of Coleen McCann, with an address at Drumacon, ...

Postmasters are to hold a protest outside the GPO next Tuesday saying they will resist any Post Office closures driven by An Post. The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) also demanded the immediate publication and implementation of the completed Post Office Network plan Chaired by Bobby Kerr. IPU General Secretary Ned O’Hara said Government must immediately intervene and stop An Post from stalling the €56m Network development plan. An Post’s Group Chief Executive, David McRedmond, has said that the …

Yesterday, Wednesday, will certainly go down as a memorable day for a young Monaghan couple who claimed €200,000 on an All Cash Spectacular Scratch Card in the National Lottery. The speechless young couple who bought the lucky All Cash Spectacular Game scratch card last Saturday afternoon in Braeside Stores, Clontibret, didn’t think to scratch the card until the following day when they were at a party surrounded by friends and family. “I was sitting on the couch when I remembered I had …