Two victims of Louth tragedy to be laid to rest today

Two of the young victims of last weekend’s tragic road collision in Louth will be laid to rest today. The crash, which claimed the lives of five people on the Ardee Road in Gibstown on Saturday night, has left communities across the region in mourning. 

A Funeral Mass for 23-year-old Alan McCluskey is currently being held at 10am in St. Peter and Paul’s Church, Drumconrath, followed by burial in the local cemetery. 

Dylan Commins from Ardee e will be removed this afternoon at 1.15pm to the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Ardee, where his Funeral Mass will be held at 2pm. The service will be available to view online via the parish webcam. Burial will follow in Old St. Mary’s Cemetery. 

Chloe McGee, 23, and Shay Duffy, 21, both from Carrickmacross in Co Monaghan; Alan McCluskey, 23, from Drumconrath in Co Meath; Dylan Commins, 23, from Ardee in Co Louth; and Chloe Hipson, 21, from Lanarkshire in Scotland, are believed to have been on their way to socialise in Dundalk when the Volkswagen Golf they were in collided with another car.

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Another man travelling in the Golf, who was in his early 20s, was injured along with a man and woman from the other vehicle, who were taken for treatment to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.