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Funerals to be held for two victims of Co Louth crash

Dylan Commins (L) and Alan McCluskey died in last weekend's road crash in Co Louth
Dylan Commins (L) and Alan McCluskey died in last weekend's road crash in Co Louth

The funerals of two young men who died in last weekend's road crash in Dundalk will take place later.

Dylan Commins and Alan McCluskey were on their way to a night out with four other friends when the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a two-car crash on the Ardee Road on Saturday night.

Five young people, all aged in their early 20s, were killed in the crash.

A sixth young man, who was also in the same car, was taken to hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The two occupants of a second vehicle, a man and woman in their 20s, were also taken to hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

The funeral mass for 23-year-old Alan McCluskey will take place at St Peter and Paul's Church in Drumconrath in Co Meath at 10am.

He will be laid to rest in Drumconrath Cemetery.

Mr McCluskey worked in the fencing business and was very involved in his local community.

Later in the afternoon, the funeral mass of 23-year-old Dylan Commins will be held at 2pm at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady in Ardee, Co Louth.

He will be buried in Old St Mary's Cemetery afterwards.

Alan McCluskey; Chloe McGee; Shay Duffy; Chloe Hipson; Dillon Commins
Alan McCluskey; Chloe McGee; Shay Duffy; Chloe Hipson; Dillon Commins

Mr Commins was a mechanic and motor sport fan. He and Mr McCluskey were childhood friends.

The funerals of two other victims of the road tragedy will take place in Co Monaghan tomorrow.

Chloe McGee, 23, will be laid to rest following a funeral mass at St Joseph's Church in Carrickmacross at 11am.

She was a secondary school woodwork and construction teacher and also the girlfriend of Alan McCluskey.

The funeral mass for Shay Duffy, who was 21 years old, will take place at 1pm at St Patrick's Church in Rockchapel, Upper Magheracloone in Carrickmacross, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery.

Mr Duffy had completed his plumbing apprenticeship training in Dundalk Institute of Technology last December.

Earlier in the week, a gathering of family and friends took place in Dundalk in memory of Chloe Hipson.

The 21-year-old, who was originally from Lanarkshire in Scotland, also lost her life in the crash.

She was a second-year quantity surveying student at DKIT.

Vigils took place at GAA grounds in Louth, Meath and Monaghan during the week to remember all five of the young people who died in the crash.