The Parish Priests of Carrickmacross and Magheracloone – the parish communities of two of the victims of the tragic collision outside Dundalk have expressed their heartfelt and prayer-filled sympathy to the families and many friends of Chloe McGee and Shay Duffy and also to the families and friends of Alan McCluskey, Dylan Cummins and Chloe Hipson.
They said after visiting the families yesterday and spending time with them, we share in the devastation that is being visited upon them and on these communities.
They said we are very conscious too of the impact of this on the many friends of Chloe, Shay, Alan, Dylan and Chloe. They are all very much in our prayers at this awful moment.
In a statement issued by Mgr Shane McCaughey parish priest for Carrickmacross and Fr Michael Jordan parish priest in Magheracloone, they said many families and communities are devastated.
Both local priests said they wanted to express their respect, gratitude to and our prayers for the first responders who were confronted with this horrific accident.