A former Fine-Gael TD was yesterday charged with the alleged use of a glass during a pub assault last summer in Co Monaghan.

GAA President Aogán Ó Fearghail says he’s partly in agreement with Seamus ‘Cheddar’ Plunkett’s criticism of the recent Super 11s hurling tie in Boston.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has expressed confidence in one of his TDs who was arrested and questioned about an alleged assault in a bar.

Cavan-Monaghan TD Sean Conlan has told gardaí he was not the perpetrator but rather the victim of an assault in pub which is leased out by his family.

A 70-year-old man has died in a road crash in Co. Monaghan.

A late surge saw turnout nationally in the local and European parliament elections approach an estimated 57%, one percentage below the 2009 figure and 9% less than the 68% recorded in the last general election.

The meat factory at the centre of the horse meat contamination scandal has been sold.

Larry Goodman’s ABP Food Group was at the heart of yet more horsemeat controversy last night as it emerged its meat was contained in bolognese sauce which has been withdrawn by British retailer Asda.

The Unite trade union is seeking a meeting with management at the ABP group which owns the Silvercrest factory in Co Monaghan.

More bad weather hammered parts of the country last night, with Cavan and Monaghan suffering severe flooding.

The latest round of test results on burger samples from an Irish processing plant may be released today.

Test results due to be released today should prove whether or not a food additive sourced overseas was the cause of the 29% horse DNA content in a budget Tesco burger.

Dutch food safety watchdogs have indicated that more than one company in the Netherlands is the focus of the investigation into the possible source of horsemeat content in Tesco budget burgers.

Dutch food safety watchdogs have been drafted in as part of the investigation into the contamination of Irish beef burgers with horsemeat, in a move that places a Dutch company at the centre of the probe.

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Councillors have criticised a decision to cut local authorities and reduce the number of councillor seats nationwide.

A 61-year-old man has died in a house fire in Monaghan.

A MAJOR illegal fuel laundering plant has been uncovered hidden among bales of straw in a farm shed.

A major illegal fuel laundering plant has been uncovered hidden among bales of straw in a farm shed.

A man died in a road crash in Co Monaghan in the early hours of this morning.

A man in his 30s has died after he was hit by a car in Co. Monaghan.

One person has been killed in a crash in County Monaghan overnight.

Gardaí in Monaghan have sealed off a house on the main street of Ballybay where the body of a 57-year-old man was discovered earlier.

A JUDGE described a publican as “totally lawless” as he gave him a three-month jail sentence for a breach of the smoking ban at premises in Castleblayney and obstruction of a HSE environmental official.

ELEVEN primary schools who invited the world into their classrooms have been named as finalists in the Irish Aid ‘Our World’ awards sponsored by the Irish Examiner.

THEY come in the early morning before first light or at dead of night, armed with trucks and animal transporters.

AN Taoiseach Brian Cowen joined grieving family members and hundreds of mourners and sympathisers amid poignant scenes at the removal in Ballybay, Co Monaghan, yesterday of crash victim Roisín Connolly, 38, and her unborn baby Catherine who were killed in a car crash outside Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan, on Monday night.

THE Canterbury Crusaders are turning to Gaelic football in an effort to reclaim their place at the summit of the Super 14 pile.

Monaghan Co Council has launched an investigation into suspected electoral fraud related to the recent local elections.

Bank of Ireland has revealed that more than 30,000 customers were affected by the theft of laptops from employees of the company last year.

Gardaí have named the two people who lost their lives in house fires yesterday.

Gardaí are investigating a fire which killed a woman in Co Monaghan this afternoon.

FIANNA Fáil yesterday suffered an election year setback.

Two men in their 20s have been arrested following a drugs investigation along the border as part of a crackdown in the area.

A clean up operation was launched in Co. Cavan this afternoon after a 40 foot lorry carrying chickens overturned.

Parts of Monaghan and Cavan were severely flooded after heavy rainfall today.

The Labour Party is demanding an investigation into the discovery of false health stamps at an Irish meat plant.

The Food Safety Authority has discovered sheets of illicit meat labels at a meat plant in Co Monaghan.

DETECTIVES investigating the rape of a young woman on an isolated country road have appealed to three men who witnessed but did not take part in the assault to come forward.

Gardaí are reportedly investigating a serious sexual assault on a 24-year-old woman in Co Monaghan yesterday morning.