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Margaret McCabe from Lisacullion, Shantonagh, Castleblayney was the lucky winner of the holiday to Turkey competition run by The Northern Standard in association with Sunway Holidays and O’Hanrahan Travel to mark the launch of our new e-paper. She and a companion will enjoy a week’s stay in the four-star Golden Day Wings Hotel in Kusadasi, Turkey later in the summer. Pictured by Rory Geary at the prize presentation are Maria McCabe, daughter of prizewinner Margaret (who is seen second from left), Mark Clifford from O’Hanrahan Travel and Anne Watterson of ...

The 2015 Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) gum litter education campaign was launched in Carrickmacross this week by Cathoirleach of Monaghan County Council Cllr. Noel Keelan. The launch follows an agreement between the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII) representing the gum industry, to fund a national gum litter awareness programme from 2015 – 2017. The agreement includes new agreed mechanisms to further enhance and reinvigorate the campaign and represents a multi-million euro commitment by industry to tackling the issue of littered gum. The initiative ...

The training is all done, the hours of hard slog and personal gym work have been put in and all of the bodies on the two panels for Sunday’s Ulster final are in tiptop shape and ready for what will be a draining encounter, both physically and mentally, as they battle it out to take possession of the Anglo Celt Cup over the winter. Both managers have fine-tuned their tactics and will have been working on eradicating niggling errors and other frustrating things that peppered their games in the championship so ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie AN ORDER restraining Mr Feargal Deery of Drumhillock, Monaghan, from entering the premises formerly known as ‘Master Deery’s’ at 27/28 Market Street, Monaghan was granted at the High Court on Tuesday of this week, on foot of an application made on behalf of a company known as Wardglade Ltd, whose registered address is at Dunoge, Carrrickmacross, Co Monaghan. In making its application to the hearing presided over by Mr Justice Paul Gilligan, Wardglade Ltd had stated in an affidavit that Mr Deery had unlawfully entered and occupied the premises ...

Packie Bonner, the man who entered the annals of Irish sporting legend with his goalkeeping heroics for the Republic of Ireland soccer team, made a big impact with his young fans at last Saturday’s official opening of the astro pitches development at Knockatallon. A full report and more pictures from this signal event for the North Monaghan community will appear in next week’s edition. Photo ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

Bishop of Clogher Most Rev Liam MacDaid officiated at the ordination in St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan Town on Sunday last of Fr Leo Creelman. Fr Creelman (51) is a native of Coleraine in County Derry. He is one of nine children, five daughters and four sons of Harry and Philomena Creelman. Leo was educated at Dominican College, Portstewart and then obtained a degree in Accountancy and Economics from Queens University Belfast. After working in the family business, Leo embarked upon a very successful career as an entrepreneur and businessman both in ...

Patricia Kelly from Mullaghmatt, Co. Monaghan has won €37,000 including a car on last Saturdays (4th July 2015) National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE.  Pictured here at the presentation of the winning cheques were from left to right: Marty Whelan, Winning Streak game show co-host; Patricia Kelly, the winning player; Peter Plunkett, Head of I.T at the National Lottery who made the presentation and Sinead Kennedy, Winning Streak game show co-host.  The winning ticket was bought from Mace, Old Cross Square, Co. Monaghan. Pic: Mac Innes Photography

Michael Fisher The proposed merger of Town of Monaghan Co-Op and Ballyrashane Co-Op in North Antrim has been strongly endorsed by shareholders of both Societies. There will now be a three weeks cooling-off period before the plans are put before the members again for formal approval. Both chief executives said afterwards there had been very good turnouts at the two shareholder meetings on Tuesday night in Monaghan and Ballyrashane. They said it was clear there was a resounding acceptance of the strategic fit between the two co-ops and that a merger ...

“You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em…” Irish country music’s favourite adopted son Robert Mizzell was taking a leaf out of the book of Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler when he posed for Rory Geary’s picture at Friday’s launch of the Monaghan Town Country Music Festival 2015. The Louisianan, one of the “kings” of the country scene, paired up with four of the “queens” of the occasion – Festival Committee Secretary Julie Brannigan, Nancy McKenna (wife of Festival founding force the late Willie McKenna), Monaghan’s own fabled country songstress Gloria, and ...

Michael Fisher Bus Éireann Inspector Paddy Gollogly waved farewell for the last time as the Letterkenny express pulled out of Monaghan bus station on Tuesday afternoon. Since 1992 Paddy has been the Inspector at the depot, supervising all passing services at this busy stop, which is also used by Translink cross-border coaches from Derry and Armagh. After 44 years in the job, Paddy was hanging up his Inspector’s hat and looking forward to an active retirement. A native of Carrickmacross, he began work as a school bus driver in the area in 1971. ...