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Wednesday, 13th August, 2025. Vol. 18, Issue 33 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Remembering Luke FUNDRAISER FOR MEMORIAL BENCH TO HONOUR TEEN KILLED IN DROWNING TRAGEDY By Paul Byrne A FUNDRAISER to remember Luke McAuliffe who tragically died while out swimming in Balbriggan in May last year has raised over €1000 in just a few hours. The fundraiser called ‘The McAuliffe Mile’ aims to raise money for a bench, which will be installed in his memory in Gyles Quay where Luke was from. Luke drowned last year on his first time swimming in Balbriggan, in Dublin after he switched from his regular bathing place in nearby Malahide because the water was “too shallow”.
The 19-year-old apprentice electrician was attending training college near Howth Junction in north Dublin. His father Alan was due to collect him at Dundalk Train Station but he became concerned when his son didn’t get off the train he was supposed to be on. After finding out his son’s last known location via his Snapchat account he contacted Balbriggan Garda station who gave him the tragic news that a body matching his son’s description had been found near the Martello tower to the north of Balbriggan. Naomh Moninne won the Louth Hurling Senior Championship for the first time since Continued on Page 2 2019 following a pulsating 3-15 to 3-14 final victory against St Fechins in Drogheda.
NAOMH MONINNE ARE CHAMPIONS AGAIN