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Wednesday, 25th June, 2025. Vol. 18, Issue 26 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
Tributes paid to ‘caring, charismatic’ Kofi By Paul Byrne TRIBUTES have been paid to ‘caring and charismatic’ fifteen year old Kofi Owusu who died last Friday after getting into difficulty while swimming in Laytown with friends. Kofi, was a pupil at Coláiste Chú Chulainn, where he recently completed his Junior Cert. 15 year old Kofi, tragically drowned in Laytown having travelled there on Friday with a group of friends from Dundalk. Whilst in the water he got into difficulty while swimming in the River Nanny. The alarm was raised about 6:15pm and after a multiagency search and rescue operation his body was recovered around 9:30pm on Friday evening.
Tomás Sharkey, principal of Coláiste Chú Chulainn expressed his heartfelt sympathies to Kofi’s family while reembering a ‘very caring young man with a wide circle of friends’. “It is with deep sadness that Coláiste Chú Chulainn and Louth and Meath Education and Training Board (LMETB) have learned on 21st June 2025 of the death of Kofi Owusu, a student of Coláiste Chú Chulainn, Dundalk, Co Louth. This is a terrible tragedy for Kofi’s family and friends, the Coláiste Chú Chulainn community and the local community of Dundalk and the surrounding areas, who are deeply saddened by this event. Fifteen year old Kofi Owusu who tragically drowned last Friday when swimming Continued on Page 2 in Laytown, Co. Meath with friends.