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Tears as Heartbreaking Funeral of First Louth Crash Tragedy Victim Takes Place
Five people in their early 20s died in the crash, with vigils held across three counties to honor the victims, community mourns their loss.
- Today, Friday November 21, funerals for Alan McCluskey and Dylan Commins take place with masses at St Peter and Paul's Church, Drumconrath at 10am and Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Ardee at 2pm.
- A Volkswagen Golf collided with a Toyota Landcruiser on the L3168 near Dundalk at around 9pm on Saturday November 15, killing five young people in their early 20s.
- Among the victims were a DKIT second-year quantity surveying student and plumbing apprentice Shay Duffy, while the sixth occupant of the Volkswagen Golf was treated and discharged.
- Vigils at GAA grounds in Louth, Meath and Monaghan drew hundreds of mourners this week, while dozens of tractors and local crowds gathered along Drumconrath main street ahead of funerals.
- Anyone with information has been asked to contact Dundalk Garda Station on 042 938 8400 or the Garda Confidential Line to assist the investigation, Gardai appealed for footage from the L3168, Gibstown area between 8.30pm and 9.15pm on Saturday November 15.
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Alan McCluskey, 23, was one of the five young people who died in a car crash in Co Louth at the weekend. Hundreds have gathered in a rural village in Co Meath for the funeral of one of the five young people who died in a car crash in Co Louth at the weekend. A group of friends were travelling in a Volkswagen Golf to Dundalk for a night out on Saturday when the car crashed. Alan McCluskey, 23, from Drumconrath in Co Meath and his girlfriend Chloe…
Tears as heartbreaking funeral of first Louth crash tragedy victim takes place
Chloe McGee, 23, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan; Alan McCluskey, 23, Drumconrath, Co. Meath; Dylan Commins, 23, Ardee, Co. Louth; Shay Duffy, 21, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan and Chloe Hipson, 21, Lanarkshire, Scotland all died in the crash
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