Colm Shalvey A place in a first Allianz National Football League Division One Final since 1986 is up for grabs when Monaghan host Dublin in Clones on Sunday. Monaghan have lost just once in six league games to date after salvaging a draw against Donegal last Sunday, but to claim a top-two place, they will have to put a stop to Dublin’s long unbeaten run in league and championship. The All-Ireland champions have been held to three draws in this campaign – by Tyrone, Donegal and…

Monaghan 1-11 Donegal 1-11 COLM SHALVEY A late Conor McManus penalty earned Monaghan a draw from another close contest against Donegal in the Allianz NFL at Ballyshannon last Sunday. Despite conceding an early goal to Michael Carroll, Monaghan came back to lead by a point at half-time, with the in-form Jack McCarron kicking six points. Donegal started the second half strongly with the wind at their backs and they quickly established a lead that they held almost right through to the finish, until McManus stepped up once again, like he had done ...

By Cianna McNally To say that Ceejay McArdle’s trip to New York was one to remember is putting it mildly! As previously reported in The Northern Standard, four-year-old Ceejay from Castleblayney who has been affectionately dubbed Ireland’s youngest garda is currently in his last year of treatment for leukaemia, having been diagnosed when he was just two.  Last month he was invited to New York by the NYPD Emerald Society to march with gardaí in the St Patrick’s Day parade on Friday last. Ceejay’s trip to the Big Apple, ...

THE brothers and sisters who were victims of a litany of sex offences, including rape, carried out on them by a man living in the Cootehill area have called on anyone who has had similar horrific experiences to come forward and seek help from either the Garda or other support agencies. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, 49-year-old Michael McCarville, who is originally from Ballybay but was living at Longfield, Lisboduff, Cootehill, Co Cavan, was given a 20-year prison sentence for the offences, which took place between 1982, ...

Combilift, the Irish manufacturer of multi-directional forklifts based in Monaghan has signed a contract with Kingfisher, Europe’s largest home improvement retailer worth an additional €1m to deliver 50 Aisle-Master forklifts to the company during 2017. The contract signing was witnessed by Leo Varadkar Minister for Social Protection and Geraldine Nason-Byrne, Ireland’s Ambassador to France during an Enterprise Ireland trade visit to France last week. A further six Enterprise Ireland clients – Novareus, Ecowash, Ding, Vigitrust, Xintech and Gaelectric – also signed contracts with French partners. Leo McAdams, Enterprise Ireland’s Director of International Sales ...

By PATSY McARDLE THE signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Private Security Authority and the Department of Social Protection is being seen this week as a major move towards enabling a further intensive crackdown on social welfare fraudsters, including “dole jobbers,” in the Border region, involving counties Monaghan, Louth, and Cavan. The Chief Executive of the Private Security Authority (PSA), Paul Scallan, and the Head of the Special Investigation Unit in the Department of Social Protection, Philip Cox, both signed the memorandum of understanding at the weekend. According ...

Funeral of former deputy NI First Minister in Derry Michael Fisher “My heart lies in the Bogside and with the people of Derry”. The words of Martin McGuinness during one of his last public appearances in January after announcing he would not be contesting the NI Assembly election. He was suffering from a rare heart condition. Early on Tuesday the former deputy First Minister passed away at Altnagelvin hospital, aged 66.   There have been many tributes from political representatives on both sides of the border and further afield. But relatives of some ...

Call on Political Parties to fulfil election promises Postmasters protested outside the GPO last week saying that they will resist any Post Office closures driven by An Post, and are to mobilise a national campaign to support communities and keep Post Offices open. The Irish Postmasters’ Union (IPU) called on politicians, communities and social organisations to give their support. A representative number of Postmasters attended the protest which the IPU said wouldn’t affect Post Office services, while a more comprehensive Dáil rally is planned for April. The IPU said all political parties had pledged ...

Dublin to Derry Expressway Faces Axe in June Michael Fisher Bus Éireann is to press ahead with significant cost reduction measures without union agreement, including the closure of its twice daily services in each direction on the Dublin to Derry route via Monaghan.   The two unions involved have consistently warned that if management did so, it would trigger an all-out, indefinite strike.   In a letter to staff yesterday, acting Chief Executive Ray Hernan accused unions of refusing to accept any reduction of earnings, including unnecessary overtime, in previous negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission.   He said ...

Newbliss couple Liza Hanley and Dean Watkin can be seen on RTE 2 TV programme Don’t Tell the Bride on Monday night, 27th March, at 10pm. Engaged to Dean for a decade, Liza has had time to think long and hard about her big day! She dreams of a country estate and a day filled with luxury and elegance but groom Dean has other ideas. Dean wants to recreate the 1980s Valentine’s disco they never got to go to when they were kids. With the help from groomsmen Warren and ...