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1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Louise Walsh

   ‘The most amazing person’: Teen killed in Meath hit-and-run is named (opens the original)

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   A teenager who died following a hit-and-run in Kells, Co Meath, on Tuesday has been named locally. TJ McDonnell (19) from Bohermeen, Co Meath, was reportedly out cycling with a friend when the incident occurred. It is understood a van was involved in the crash, which happened at Nugentstown at about 8.05pm. McDonnell was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was taken to the mortuary at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, where a postmortem is expected to take place. He was a keen cyclist and was t

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2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Louise Walsh

   ‘I left school without filling out CAO form’: Louth GAA’s Sam Mulroy insists Leaving Cert ‘doesn’t define you’ (opens the original)

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   Businessman and Louth GAA captain Sam Mulroy has urged students to remember that the Leaving Cert and CAO offers are not the only way forward, as he himself discovered another pathway to a career. Mulroy has reflected on how his journey through education wasn’t as straightforward as expected, in a bid to reassure any disappointed students following the issue of Round 1 CAO offers at 2pm on Wednesday. “I got 200 points in my Leaving Certificate, and still ended up with a Master’s. It doesnâ

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