Seamus O'Riordan was killed on Chapel Lane yesterday evening.
A quiet gentleman who just liked to go for his walk in the evening.
That's how Seamus O'Riordan is being remembered after being killed on Chapel Lane in Mountmellick yesterday.
The Laois man, in his 70s, died following an incident with a lorry at around 5pm.
Fianna Fáil Councillor in Mountmellick, Paddy Bracken, says his passing will leave its mark on many people in the town:
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