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River searched as hunt for missing Louth teenager continues

Members of Dundalk Sub Aqua Search and Rescue Unit who carried out a search of the Castletown River as efforts to find missing teenager Vincent Dillon continue

Vincent Dillon has been missing from his Dundalk home since Sunday May 14.

thumbnail: Members of Dundalk Sub Aqua Search and Rescue Unit who carried out a search of the Castletown River as efforts to find missing teenager Vincent Dillon continue
thumbnail: Vincent Dillon has been missing from his Dundalk home since Sunday May 14.
Margaret RoddyThe Argus

A search of Dundalk’s Castletown River was undertaken by members of Dundalk Sub Aqua Search and Rescue Unit as efforts to find 19-year old Vincent Dillon who has been missing from his home since Sunday May 14.

Vincent Dillon has been missing from his Dundalk home since Sunday May 14.

Sixteen members of the the unit took part in the search which covered the stretch of the river from Toberona bridge to the railway bridge on Castletown Road.

Divers were in the water from 6pm until 9.30pm. Nothing of significance was found.

There is no suggestion that the teenager entered the water at any stage and the search was carried out as a process of elimination, said a spokesperson for the unit.

" We remain on standby should our services be required at any other site,” he said.

“We urge anyone that may have any information as to the whereabouts of the missing teenager to contact his distraught family.”