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By PATSY McARDLE CAVAN/MONAGHAN Fine Gael Dail deputy Sean Conlan has taken up the cudgels this week against Monaghan County Council and the powers-that-be at local authority level over the ‘scandal’ of the permitted ongoing deterioration of Castleblayney Courthouse and Markethouse building which is a key landmark in the mid-Monaghan town. Deputy Conlan’s statement came in a week in which the Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald welcomed public- private partnership for development of seven new or upgraded courthouses, elsewhere in the country. The Castleblayney courthouse is however no longer classified as ...

PETER HUGHES Newly-elected Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District, Fianna Fáil Co Councillor Robbie Gallagher, has urged the body to work with commercial and community interests to maximise the potential for development of Monaghan Town and its surrounding hinterland. “Monaghan has a lot to offer and I think we can deliver it,” Colr Gallagher stated following his election at the Municipal District’s Annual Meeting last Tuesday. “With people all pushing in the same direction there is no limit to what the town can achieve.” Colr Gallagher succeeds Sinn Féin’s Sean Conlon in the Cathaoirleach ...

Monaghan Social Inclusion week 2015 brought a great atmosphere of celebration to the county last week. A wide range of events, activities and celebrations took place throughout the week that all said clearly the same message. It’s ok to be different. Not everyone in Monaghan feels ok to be different, not everyone in Monaghan feels its ok for others to be different. The truth is, every day in Monaghan, Ireland and the rest of the world people are often treated differently because they are different. But Monaghan social inclusion measures group, led ...

Renowned Anti-Austerity Alliance activist and TD, Paul Murphy, is coming to the Hillgrove Hotel on Thursday 18th June at 19:30 to discuss the anti- water charges movement so far, and how Irish Water and the Government’s charges can be defeated through mass non-payment. “Paul’s arrival comes in the context of the ongoing battle of ordinary people against the water charges, and is a particular timely discussion as the government refuse to release the figures of payment, which indicates that the boycott has been successful so far. “Come along to hear ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie JUDGE Denis McLoughlin, the newly appointed resident District Court judge for the Cavan/Monaghan area (Court District Number 5), was welcomed by speakers representing the legal community, court staff, the gardai and the Probation Service at the outset of Monday’s sitting of Monaghan District Court. A native of Drogheda in Co Louth, Judge McLoughlin was confirmed as new residing judge for Cavan/Monaghan following a meeting of the Government on 27th May last. Having been made a judge on 6th June 2007, he takes up the permanent post in District 5 ...

– Association President tells Co Council that St Tiernach’s Park has “nothing to fear” from Casement project PETER HUGHES The vow that the GAA “will never abandon Clones” as a venue for major games was made by the Association’s National President, Co Cavan man Aogán Ó Fearghail, when he addressed Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. While the controversial Sky broadcasting deal, the development of the GAA in diaspora communities and the disrespect sometimes shown by Gaelic sports players towards match officials were prominent among a wide range of topics addressed in ...

A powerful focus for the message of Monaghan Social Inclusion Week 2015 was formally unveiled by Monaghan Co Council in Monaghan Town’s Diamond on Tuesday morning last. Images from the book ‘Here I Am’, published by Down Syndrome Ireland, have gone on display in the county town heartland and will remain on view until June 14 as an articulation of the “It’s okay to be different” message that themes this year’s comprehensive programme of social inclusion activities. Monaghan Co Council’s Leas Cathaoirleach, Sinn Féin public representative Jackie Crowe, ...

By Cianna McNally Monaghan  Rose Michelle Caulfield is Tralee bound later this summer as she was selected to go through to the International Festival last weekend. Michelle, who hails from Scotstown, is the second Rose in two years who will fly the flag for the county during the festival as Clontibret girl Eleanor McQuaid was part of the 2013 event. Speaking to The Northern Standard a delighted Michelle, who was one of 23 Roses selected for Tralee at the Regional Finals in Portlaoise over the June bank holiday weekend, told of her shock ...

PETER HUGHES A major new initiative to restore vigour to the Monaghan furniture industry, involving significant marketing and training developments and the strengthening of a new national representative organisation for the sector, was formally launched by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys, in the Hillgrove Hotel last Friday afternoon. The “Whither the Furniture Industry?” action plan is the product of the development phase of the Wood FootPrint Project undertaken over the past two-and-a-half years with support from the EU’s URBACT programme. It ...

FOLLOWING its outstanding success last year, the County Fleadh returned to Monaghan town last weekend, where a wealth of traditional talent was celebrated. The organisers were lucky to have the facilities of Monaghan Education Campus at their disposal, a venue which meant that they weren’t at the mercy of the elements, bearing in mind the Irish summers which have been endured in recent years. The festival began on Thursday with a well-attended bilingual quiz in Gaelscoil Ultain. Friday’s launch by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather ...