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Lakeland Dairies and Fane Valley co-operatives this week announced details of two new joint ventures projected to yield a combined annual income of €845 million. The agri-business and dairy processing organisations issued a joint statement describing the ventures as “a significant and strategic development” that will enhance economies of scale and overall competitiveness for their farmer members, milk producers and customers at home and abroad. The first joint venture is being established by a merger and pooling of both of the societies’ feed manufacturing, sales and stores activities into a major agribusiness ...

Monaghan Rose, Michelle Caulfield has been touring around Ireland this week as part of the International Rose of Tralee Festival 2015. Having visited Dublin, Roscommon, Leitrim and Limerick with her fellow contestants, Michelle arrives in Tralee tomorrow, Friday August 14, where she will take part in the Rose of Tralee Festival which continues until Wednesday, 19th. The Festival will air live on Monday and Tuesday next, with RTE 1’s coverage beginning at 9.30 pm. Before her departure, Michelle contacted The Northern Standard to thank Joy in Jono’s House of Home for sponsoring her ...

At the official launch of Monaghan Heritage Week at the flax pick by hand on the N2 were:  Traditional craft demonstrator Séan Mone,  Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council Noel Keelan, biologist Éanna Ní Lamhna, Minister for Heritage Heather Humphreys, Laragh Heritage Secretary Paula McCaul and Monaghan Heritage Officer Shirley Clerkin. Picture: Jimmy Walsh.  SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 16.

Congratulations to Kevin McGrath, a Meath athlete with Monaghan connections. Kevin, who represents Bohermeen Athletics Club won gold yesterday in the 1,500 metres at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. Kevin is son of Paula and Eamon McGrath and grandson of Seamus and Bernie McConnon, Old Cross Square. Kevin entered the race with the fastest personal best. He took control with just over 200 metres to go and powered through to win with ease.

By Veronica Corr The Northern Standard has learned that thirty jobs are to be created at Castleross Nursing Home, Carrickmacross. This week owner and manager of the facility Paul McCoy explained that the thirty jobs will be created across the disciplines of nursing care, carers and housekeeping. Castleross offers two services, a nursing home and a retirement village. The nursing home is based on a household model of care. There were four households and now there will be five. Bed numbers will rise from 98 to 123 and each resident has their own en-suite ...

A large crowd attended a tree planting and plaque unveiling ceremony in Clones on Thursday evening last in honour of All Ireland winning handball legend, the late Seamus McCabe. Pictured at the event are L-R Seamus’ sisters Moira Heaton and Veronica McCabe who planted the tree along with Cathaoirleach of Ballybay-Clones Municipal District Eugene Bannigan. The memorial plaque was unveiled by Monaghan footballer and grand-nephew of Seamus McCabe, Karl O’Connell.  

A new “Stepping Back In Time” street exhibition has been put in place in Monaghan Town in an initiative implemented by Monaghan Co Museum. A total of twenty images of vistas and views of locations in the county capital have been prominently erected in their modern day sites, allowing the viewer to contrast the past appearance of their locale with the present and partake in the time-travel journey of the display’s title. What is described as a “permanent outreach project exhibition” has been drawn from the Co Museum’s postcard collection. ...

 

By PETER HUGHES “What a wonderful night to be in Monaghan!” Jimmy Buckley’s declaration at the outset of his high-octane performance on the stage of the Monaghan Country Music Festival on Sunday simply said it all. The final night of the big music event, blessed with perfect weather after three wet and glowering precedents, received the added benediction of the appearance of the Monaghan football team that earlier had wrested the Ulster title from Donegal in an epic, nerve-fraying encounter in St Tiernach’s Park in Clones. By the time the players and their mentors ...

By Michael Fisher Town of Monaghan Co-Op is to enter a new era in September following the virtually unanimous approval on Tuesday of its merger with the Ballyrashane Co-Op in North Antrim. The new company to be known as LacPatrick is said to be a platform for growth, against a backdrop of a challenging global market. It is described by the two elements as a ‘game-changing’ merger, which includes plans for further significant new investment later this year at Artigarvan near Strabane as a critical part of the new Co-op’s growth ...