The outlet has announced on its front page today that it will cease operations next week.

The next issue of the newspaper will be its last, as The Northern Standard will print the final edition on Thursday, December 18.

The Northern Standard was established in 1839 and has been circulating in Monaghan, Cavan, Armagh, Louth and Fermanagh.

It has been published every Thursday morning, covering local news, sports and entertainment from counties Monaghan, Cavan, Louth, Armagh, Fermanagh and Tyrone for 186 years.

Currently owned by the Smyth family, it is the longest-established and largest regional newspaper circulating in Co Monaghan, with its first issue published on January 10, 1839.

In a statement, the paper said the decision behind ceasing publication is due to a “steady decline i

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