Talk of the Town: Two Teeny Joyriders Nabbed by the Guards After Breaking Into Tenanty’s and Stealing a Whole Hearse for a Late-Night Dash
Ardee is absolutely reeling today after a couple of local young lads decided to kick off their weekend by pulling off what has to be the most unbelievable, head-scratching car theft the town has ever seen.
A proper shocker for the neighbors. Intercepted before they caused a serious smash.
Two teenage juveniles are currently dealing with the guards this morning after a proper mad stunt in the dead of night. The young lads managed to break their way into Tenanty’s Funeral Home right here in town, got their hands on the keys, and actually drove right out of the yard in a full-sized commercial hearse!
They didn’t get very far before the blue lights were flashing behind them.
The guards have confirmed they crossed paths with the massive black vehicle flying down the roads in Dunleer at about twenty to three in the morning. According to the squad cars on the scene, the hearse was being driven like an absolute deathtrap, weaving all over the place, forcing the local patrol units to shift into high gear, box them in, and drag the young drivers out before they hurt themselves or anyone else.
📋 Where the Lads Stand with the Law Now
Once the guards got the handcuffs on them at the roadside, the two young messers were split up and processed down the line:
- ⚖️ Sent Home to Mammy: One of the teenage boys has already been let go from the station without any formal charges, though his name has been sent straight over to the Garda National Youth Diversion Bureau to sort him out.
- ⛓️ Locked Up in Louth: The other lad wasn’t quite as lucky—he’s been kept behind bars at a local guard station in the county today to think about what he did.
- 🔍 Checking the Locks: The local detectives are still fully on the case today, checking out the damage to the funeral home doors and looking over the vehicle tracking to see exactly how the pair pulled it off.
A Wild Welcome to the Job for Ardee’s New Top Boss
You have to feel for the man.
What makes the whole midnight caper even more wild is that the targeted funeral home belongs to none other than Independent Councillor Jim Tenanty. The familiar local face, who has been looking after everyone’s bits and bobs on the council since 2014, has been the absolute talk of the parish this week for a completely different reason.
Just a few days ago, he was handed the biggest job in the district!
Jim was proudly elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Ardee Municipal District at the annual big council meeting, taking over the chain of office from Fine Gael’s Dolores Minogue. Being an Ardee man “born and bred,” Jim stood up in front of the chamber and gave a cracking speech, promising he’d stand up for every single ordinary family living on our roads. He definitely wasn’t expecting his first major weekend on the job to involve tracking down his own stolen hearse!
⚽ Keep the Kids Out of Trouble on Friday Nights
If you’re looking to keep the teenagers in your house active and out of mischief over the summer, don’t forget that the Deeside Youth Project’s Summer Late Night Leagues have kicked off at the Fairgreen Astro! It runs every Friday from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for youngsters aged 12–17, and there’s even a free bus running from Dunleer so parents don’t have to worry about lifts.
A Proper Bizarre Twist in an Unbelievable Summer for the Town
This wild hearse chase has added a proper bizarre twist to what has otherwise been an absolutely unprecedented, history-making wave of brilliant news hitting our town lately. It is a spectacular time to be a local—headlined by the mind-boggling reality that **an overnight millionaire was created right here after Malone’s Londis sold a €1 million winning Lotto ticket** on Main Street, right as local soccer lad **Kian Leavy made his senior international debut for Ireland against Canada out in Montreal**.
It feels like everyone from the parish is winning at life together. On the football fields, our **Louth Senior Footballers broke a 53-year hoodoo to absolutely stun Dublin 4-18 to 1-24 at Croke Park** under manager Gavin Devlin, landing us a **blockbuster All-Ireland SFC draw against Armagh at Inniskeen on Sunday, 14 June**, while our brilliant **Louth Minor Footballers have just powered into the national Paul McGirr Cup final** after beating Monaghan at Cullyhanna, and the girls from **Ardee Community School won back-to-back Sonia Hoey Cups at DkIT**.
The local success stories just keep coming. Our golfer **Stuart Grehan won the East of Ireland Open with a record score down in Baltray**, **Breen’s MACE on Hale Street has just won national Off Licence Store of the Year**, **Marks Pharmacy is up for a massive national crown**, and **local heroes Tom Muldoon and Dean Enright pulled off a dramatic life-saving rescue from the River Dee outside the Brian Muldoon & Sons pub**. While the guards finish sorting out the paperwork on the stolen hearse files, the whole town is sending Jim our best to make sure our unbeatable parish spirit stays flying high!
