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By Kevin Carney Roscommon boss Kevin McStay might insist that he won’t be looking back on his side’s four league outings to date but the spectre in his rear-view mirror is so large now that it’s impossible to miss. Little could anyone have imagined that when the Rossies racked up 1-19 away to Donegal this time last year that they would be the basement-bottom side in Division One right now. Roscommon’s travails this year has been one of the major talking points of the NFL season to date. It doesn’t matter that they ...

AN EARLY start is in store tomorrow (Friday) for Our Lady’s Secondary School, Castleblayney as their senior boys’ football team contest the Danske Bank Ulster Schools MacLarnon Cup Final against first-time finalists St. Ciarán’s College, Ballygawley in Armagh at 10.45am. Our Lady’s won this title in 2015, defeating fellow Monaghan side Patrician High School in the final to end a ten-year wait for their second success at this level, before the Carrickmacross school came back to win it last year. That means the Castleblayney school will not only be attempting to ...

By Cianna McNally Chief Executive Officer of Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board John Kearney last week paid warm tribute to a teacher in Beech Hill College, Monaghan, who died as a result of a road accident in early January. Speaking to The Northern Standard on Thursday last, following a ceremony held in St Macartan’s Cathedral to celebrate Mona Clarke’s life, Mr Kearney said it had been a very sad day but he described the ceremony as fitting and moving with staff past and present and students contributing. Ms ...

The plight of farmers in Co Monaghan who have been waiting months to receive a number of important grant payments was highlighted at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The situation led to the proposal by Seamus Coyle, seconded by Pádraig McNally (both Fianna Fáil) of the following urgent business motion: “That Monaghan Co Council demands of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed TD and the relevant Government Ministers to intervene to expedite the immediate …

Two local businesses have been recognised as among Deloitte’s best-managed companies. McArdle Skeath, based in Inniskeen and Hollystown, and McAree Engineering Ltd from Ballinode gained recogntition on Friday at the Deloitte Best Managed Companies 2017 awards ceremony in Dublin’s Convention Centre. The awards recognise indigenous Irish companies across the island of Ireland and were attended by over 900 people from the Irish business community. Commenting on the award, Micheál McArdle,…

• Former residents do no want to move to new facility, Co Council meeting told Independent member of Monaghan Co Council Seamus Treanor on Monday demanded the making public of the report from the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) which necessitated the closure of the Oriel House facility for the elderly in Monaghan Town so it could be refurbished to meet the Authority’s standards. A motion of urgent business proposed by Councillor Treanor and seconded by Fianna Fáil’s Raymond Aughey called on the HSE’s Regional Health Forum for Dublin and the ...

The need for out of hours psychiatric services to be made available for children and young people in Co Monaghan was emphasised at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council by Fianna Fáil’s Seamus Coyle. Councillor Coyle successfully moved the following notice of motion: “That Monaghan Co Council demands of the Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD, the Government and the HSE the immediate provision of an out of hours psychiatric service for children and adolescents in Co Monaghan who are in severe mental …

Michael Fisher An all-out strike by Bus Éireann staff due to start on Monday was called off at the weekend with the announcement that both unions and management had agreed to attend talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. In a statement on Friday Bus Éireann said the financial situation at the semi-state company remained critical, as it was facing insolvency by May.   To facilitate meaningful discussions with unions, Bus Éireann management had accepted a new invitation by the WRC to seek a

SOCCER and Liverpool FC legend Ian Rush hit the net with the punters at Monday’s Shabra Charity Cheltenham Preview in ’Blayney, where there were roars of delight and approval as he stripped his trademark Liverpool jersey to reveal Monaghan’s blue and white underneath! There was another loud acclamation when he held his arms aloft, again in classic Oliver Brady style, before echoing the big Ballybay man’s “Up Monaghan” — which worked wonders even if it sounded a little different in a Merseyside accent! (See full story on ...

THE LOCAL District Court judge for Cavan/Monaghan made his strong disapproval very clear after being told at a recent court hearing that a Co Cavan woman was keeping a car in her own name, despite the fact that she has been blind for over three decades. The matter arose at Monaghan District Court last week during the hearing of a contested speeding allegation against the lady, who had sought to have her son nominated as the driver of her car in relation to the incident in question. Upon being told that Anne ...