One of Ireland’s oldest weekly newspapers to cease publication after 186 years

Co Monaghan-based Northern Standard was first published in 1839 ...
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The Northern Standard newspaper to cease operations after 186 years

The Northern Standard newspaper in Monaghan is to cease operations after 186 years. The final edition of the newspaper will be published on 18 December. The announcement was made on the front page of ...

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Monaghan regional newspaper The Northern Standard to cease operations after 186 years

Last editor of family-owned newspaper says closure will leave ‘void’ in the community it served for almost two centuries ...