Overview
- A man in his 50s was pronounced dead at the scene after a crash involving two motorcycles and a jeep on the N52 at Dunmahon, Co Louth, shortly before 12:30pm on Sunday May 31, 2026.
- A second motorcyclist, a man in his 40s, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda with serious injuries and the jeep driver, also in his 40s, was treated for non‑life‑threatening injuries.
- Garda Forensic Collision Investigators closed the road for a technical examination and put local diversions in place while the coroner was notified and the deceased was moved to the local mortuary for a post‑mortem.
- Investigators have asked anyone with dash‑cam or other camera footage from the N52 near Dunmahon between about 12:15pm and 12:45pm to contact Dundalk Garda Station or the Garda Confidential Line.
- The Co Louth death is one of three people killed on Irish roads over the bank‑holiday weekend, a cluster of separate serious collisions that has prompted local inquiries and public concern.