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Wednesday, 6th May, 2026. Vol. 19, Issue 18 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Seamus Ludlow’s family are still seeking justice happened. “Today, we gather to mark SINN Fein TD for Dund- fifty years since the murder of alk Ruairí Ó Murchú has Seamus Ludlow, and in doing asked why justice for Seamus so, we focus on not only a moLudlow has remained so elu- ment in the past, and the life sive. Speaking at an event to of a decent and hard-working mark the 50th anniversary of man, but on a question that Seamus Ludlow’s death the continues to echo: what hapSinn Fein TD asked why no- pened to him and why has jusbody has been charged with tice remained so elusive? his murder. Mr Ludlow was “Seamus Ludlow was not a found murdered in Dundalk public figure and was not in May 1976. someone who sought the spot“It is long enough for gen- light or controversy. He was erations to pass, for memories an ordinary man—a forestry to blur, for truths to be buried worker, a son, a brother and a under the endless turning of much-loved uncle living a quithe seasons,” stated Ó Murchú. et life. And yet, on a night in “But there are some events May 1976, his life was taken in that refuse to fade and some an act that would come to injustices that remain as symbolise something greater Newly-crowned Louth Rose Chloe Moran celebrates with her mother Lisa sharp, as painful and as than the death of one man. Moran. Pic Credit- Sky Lark Fotos. Continued on Page 2 unresolved as the day they
By Paul Byrne
Chloe all set for Tralee!