Member's statement: Road Traffic Accident in County Louth
Member's statement by Mr Cathal Boylan on .
- MLA
- Mr Cathal Boylan
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 17 November 2025
- Type
- Member's statement
- Business
- Members' Statements
- Heading
- Road Traffic Accident in County Louth
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5245043
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Text
On behalf of Sinn Féin, I send our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the five young people who lost their lives on Saturday evening in a road tragedy in County Louth. The tragic deaths of Chloe Hipson, Alan McCluskey, Shay Duffy, Chloe McGee and Dylan Commins are dreadful and have stunned County Louth, County Monaghan and the wider area. The tributes that are being paid online and in the media show that all five young people were popular and had bright futures ahead of them. Their loss has cast a dark shadow over the community. I also think of the emergency services personnel who attended the scene on Saturday evening. Having to take the injured to hospital and call to the homes of the five families of those who lost their lives is devastating. I hope that those people will receive the support that they need. There are difficult and dark days ahead for the families in Monaghan and Louth, and we will continue to think of them as they face up to what is an unimaginable tragedy.
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