The anguished family of a teenager kidnapped and killed by the IRA yesterday have made a fresh appeal for information on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his disappearance.

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A boy is lucky to be alive after being subjected to a terrifying attack where he was dragged along the road on his bike by men in a car.

A focused Clontibret booked their place in Sunday’s Monaghan SFC final at the expense of Monaghan Harps in an absorbing semi-final replay at Emyvale on Saturday (2-13 to 1-13).

A man in his 60s has died in a crash in Co. Monaghan.

Motorists are being warned about a serious collision in Co. Monaghan.

A man whose trial for the murder of a Belfast taxi driver collapsed in 2011 will not be tried with demanding money with menaces on behalf of the INLA in Co Monaghan last year after the charges were dropped.

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The funeral will take place later of 19-year-old Jason McGovern, who died after he was assaulted in Omagh, Co. Tyrone on the night of December 30.

Four men and a juvenile have appeared in court charged in connection with the death of Monaghan teenager Jason McGovern.

Three teenagers were being questioned last night about the murder of Monaghan man Jason McGovern.

A new suspect is being questioned by murder squad detectives investigating the death of Monaghan teenager Jason McGovern, it was disclosed today.

The death of a teenager on New Year’s Eve is being treated as murder, the PSNI have said.

A murder inquiry has been launched following the death of a teenager in Co. Tyrone.

Investigations are continuing both north and south of the border into the death of 19-year-old Jason McGovern.

Gardaí have said that the post mortem carried out on the body of a 19-year-old man - who was found dead in Co. Monaghan yesterday - shows he died of head injuries.

The teenager who was found dead in a flat in Co Monaghan yesterday has been named locally as Jason Mc Govern from Tydavnet.

A post mortem is due to take place later on the body of a 19 year old man who was found dead in Co Monaghan yesterday.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after the body of a young man was found in Monaghan.

A fifth search for one of the so-called 'Disappeared' has resumed near Bragan Bog in Co Monaghan today.

THEY got knocked down but they got up again. Cork reclaimed the Brendan Martin Cup at Croke Park yesterday just over a year after a quarter-final defeat to Tyrone loosened their grip on a trophy that had come to feel like something of a birthright.

CORK and Monaghan have undoubtedly been the form teams this year and no one can quibble with their pairing in tomorrow’s TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football final.

CORK ladies football boss Eamonn Ryan has confessed his team lacked the “appetite” for All-Ireland glory last year, having won an historic five in-a-row from 2005 to 2009.

A 27-year-old man has died in a car crash in Co Monaghan.

GARDAÍ are continuing to question a man after the body of an elderly pensioner suffering from dementia was found at a public hospital’s in-patient mental health unit.

MATT BRAMMEIER (HTC Highroad) completed a remarkable weekend when he reclaimed the elite road race championship title yesterday while also taking the national time-trial crown on Friday night at Emyvale, Monaghan.

NICOLAS ROCHE has admitted to being “extremely motivated” to win the national senior cycling championship crown in Emyvale, Monaghan tomorrow as it would mean him wearing a distinctive Irish jersey for this year’s Tour de France, which gets under way next Saturday.

A MAN has been arrested after a GAA referee was allegedly assaulted during a minor football match in Monaghan.

Brendan O’Brien on Cork ladies’ reaction to summer shock.

THE remains of Irish Christchurch earthquake victim, Eoin McKenna, 41, have finally arrived home, more than a fortnight after a devastating natural disaster caused havoc in his adopted country.

A 40-YEAR-OLD Co Kerry man is among the people still trapped in a building which collapsed in Tuesday’s earthquake, in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Survivors are believed to be in a collapsed building where an Irishman was caught up in the New Zealand earthquake.

A man who saved his wife from the New Zealand earthquake has been hailed a hero.

A MONAGHAN family are in grief after their son and brother was confirmed as one of the victims of the New Zealand earthquake.

Fears were mounting for two more Irish people in New Zealand after the devastating earthquake that crushed a Monaghan man to death in his car.

Tributes were today paid to an Irishman killed in the devastating New Zealand earthquake which has claimed at least 75 lives.

THE FBD Young Farmer of the Year who will be named next week is likely to be a well-qualified part-timer, strongly involved in IFA and Macra and the local community.

Monaghan scored a crucial victory over Mayo today in Division 1 of the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League.

A YOUNG garda was fighting for his life last night and another officer was hospitalised after a high-speed chase ended in a head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver.

Motorists are being urged to drive with care given the frosty conditions in many areas with patches of freezing fog.

FIVE people, including three motorcyclists, died in separate accidents in Monaghan, Meath and in Greece over the weekend.

A LORRY driver was killed when his out-of-control milk tanker ploughed into three houses, narrowly missing several people including a mother and her sleeping teenage son.

A lorry driver was killed when his out-of-control milk tanker ploughed into three houses, narrowly missing several people including a mother and her sleeping teenage son, emergency services said today.