Tributes have been paid to a pensioner who was killed in a two-vehicle collision on the N55 at The Pigeons, between Athlone and Ballymahon on Thursday morning.
The deceased, who has been named locally as Tom Walsh (66) from Willow Crescent, Ballymahon, Co Longford, was driving one of the two cars involved in the collision, and had a male passenger in his 80s with him.
Mr Walsh, who was the driver of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene, and his body was taken to Tullamore hospital where a post-mortem will take place in due course. Locals said Tom worked with a lot of local farmers and also did some maintenance work at Centre Parcs.
Local Councillor Paul Ross (FG), who is a former Cathaoirleach of Longford County Council, described Tom as an absolute gentleman.
He said ”Tom worked on a number of farms around the area and was very well known. There is huge shock in the Ballymahon area at this tragedy. We are all thinking of Tom and his friends at…
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