Hat-trick from terror Towell eases Lilywhites past Galway challenge

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Stephen Kenny’s champions struggled to break down the visitors in the first half with Tommy Dunne’s side arguably having the best opening when Padraic Cunningham had the ball in the net on 33 minutes only to see it ruled out by referee Paul McLaughlin for a foul on goalkeeper Gabriel Sava.

The Louth men were gifted an opener three minutes after the restart, however, when Towell dispatched a penalty to the bottom left hand corner after David McMillan had been fouled by Kevin Garcia after racing onto Ronan Finn’s through ball.