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Wednesday, 24th January, 2024. Vol. 17, Issue 4 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888. | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Tributes for woman killed in tragic crash By Tamara O’Connell A 25-YEAR-OLD woman suffered fatal injuries in the early hours of Monday morning when the vehicle she was travelling in struck a tree at Carnalough, close to Louth Village. The woman named locally as Kate Keenan from Knockbridge was travelling as a passenger in a van which struck a tree at approximately 1:50am during Storm Isha which battered the country on Sunday evening. Many tributes were paid online to Kate from friends ,reflecting how popular she was and the sense of grief that has decended on the local community following her
death. A statement from the Gardaí confirmed a woman in her 20’s had died at the scene of the crash and that a second passenger was being treated in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. “Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of a fatal road traffic incident that occurred at Carnalogue in Co. Louth during the early hours of Monday morning, 22nd January 2024. “The incident occurred at approximately 1.50am when a van collided with a tree. A passenger in the van, a woman aged in her 20s, received fatal injuries and was later pronounced deceased at the scene. Continued on Page 2
Maria Doyle Cuche (right) accepts her Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad from President Michael D Higgins alongside her proud mother Eileen. See Page 6.