Front page of The Northern Standard, which covers Monaghan, Cavan, Armagh, Louth and Fermanagh, published after the presidential election in October. Photograph: Enda O'DowdThe closure of The Northern Standard in Co Monaghan will leave a “void” in the community it has served for 186 years, the newspaper’s editor said. Founded by Arthur Wellington Holmes, the first issue of The Northern Standard – a copy of which resides in the National Museum of London – was published on January 10th, 1839. “Peggy White was among the victims and one of my neighbours in the housing estate where I grew up – a beloved woman,” said Mr Hughes. “We were always a broadsheet newspaper and we will end a broadsheet newspaper – and a community newspaper,” Mr Hughes said.
