The Castlepollard community was rocked by two road deaths in separate incidents last week.
Marcin Nowosielski (47) was found dead on Tuesday, 2 July and Joe Marroquin died on Wednesday, 3 July. Mr Nowosielski was a 47-year-old Polish national living in Castlepollard who worked in a local pallet factory at Lickbla.
Mr Marroquin, who was in his 80s, was a Vietnam war veteran and former police officer from Houston, Texas with Castlepollard roots.
A mother and daughter in County Mayo also died in the same 24-hour period as the deaths of Mr Nowosielski and Mr Marroquin were announced.
Taoiseach Simon Harris paid tribute to the victims in the Dáil on Wednesday, 3 July.
“I know that communities in Mayo and Westmeath have been devastated by the news of this loss of life. I know I join with everybody in this house in sending our deepest sympathies to the families of those who have died.”
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