Articles in the This Week’s Newspaper Category

Minister for Health Dr James Reilly should consider resigning from office for his failure to live up to promises made before the last General Election in relation to services at Monaghan General Hospital, it was suggested at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. A proposal was adopted from Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy, seconded by Fianna Fáil’s Robbie Gallagher, that the Minister be written to reminding him of commitments he made at a meeting on May 6, 2008 regarding the retention and restoration of services at Monaghan General Hospital should ...

The staff of The Northern Standard and R. & S. Printers Ltd., found themselves in deep mourning for the second time in recent months when they learned of the passing of Mrs Bernie Gray, 64 Beechgrove Lawns at the Mater Hospital, Dublin on Friday, 3rd February. Aged 64, Bernie was the second in the family of 14 children of Patrick and Kathleen Smyth, Duncinaire and formerly of Dr. McKenna Terrace. Bernie’s sister Jean Sherry, Dr. McKenna Terrace, passed away at her residence on Saturday, 8th October 2011. An integral part of the ...

Monaghan Co Council agreed on Monday to seek an urgent meeting with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton in an initiative to boost employment creation in the county by heightening its profile as a magnet for inward investment. A discussion generated by a motion of urgent business from the Sinn Féin grouping heard strong criticism of the Industrial Development Authority for what members perceived as the IDA’s virtual neglect of the county as a location for new enterprise and investment. The unanimously supported SF motion read: ...

The Challenge: Over a route of 300 Kilometres over six days, twelve men will paddle in two man kayaks starting from Killaloe in county Clare, carrying all their kit and head north up the river Shannon to Leitrim, finishing up in Clones and onto Glaslough Village for the homecoming! A team of twelve men from the surrounding area of Glaslough in Co. Monaghan, started kayak training in the middle of September last year as complete novices. The team spent the early part of their training, learning all the necessary safety skills including, lifesaving, ...

A Cavan/Monaghan Select team representing Ireland fought back from early English domination to come out on top in an International bill of boxing held in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan last Saturday night. Presented by the Cavan/Monaghan Boxing County Board the bill featured sixteen top class contests and two exhibitions between a Cavan/Monaghan Select team and a team from the Jimmy Egan Boxing Academy, Manchester. To get proceedings underway piper Tom McSkeane escorted all thirty six boxers down the ring walk to ringside where they were greeted and introduced into the ...

By Veronica Corr Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, signalled the end of an era, as Peadar Mohan, long-standing principal of Shercock National School retired. It was clear that a lot of work went into organising his send-off, which was a well-attended yet intimate affair, as the community came out in force to bid farewell to this local hero. With a career spanning forty years and having taught an estimated 1,200 pupils, chances are that much of the audience in St. Patrick’s Hall, Shercock, were taught by Master Mohan, as he was affectionately known. There was ...

Accuracy, particulary the full forward line, must improve if Kildare challenge is to be overcome. by JOHN GRAHAM There’s no way around it; Monaghan simply kicked the points away in last Saturday’s Allianz National Football League opener against Meath in Navan. Eamon McEneaney’s charges had enough chances to win two games, but a tally of 16 wides tells its own story. A sizable crowd made their way to Páirc Tailteann on a cold Saturday evening, which was no surprise considering the interest surrounding the match. It was Meath manager Séamus McEnaney’s first ...

Irish gymnast Kieran Behan, who qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games last week, has strong connections with County Monaghan. Behan, whose mother Bernie (née Gavan) comes from Newbliss, sealed his place at the London games when finishing fourth in the floor final at the Olympic test event. The story of Behan’s journey to become only the second Irish gymnast to reach the Olympics is an inspirational one, as he has overcome serious adversity through the years.  Aged just ten, Behan had a benign tumour removed from his thigh and the operation ...

Monaghan Co Council are to convene on Monday, December 19 next to consider the adoption of what Acting Co Manager David Fallon described on Monday as “the most difficult Annual Budget in a generation.” Mr Fallon told Monday’s meeting of the Council, at which the date for the Annual Budget Meeting of the authority was fixed, that this would be the most difficult Budget to come before the members since the late 1980s. The Acting Manager delineated a number of aspects of the Council’s finances for the year ...