Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The five teenage boys killed in a head-on collision when their car was driven the wrong way down the M9 motorway have been named locally.
They have been named as Joe Carthy from Athy, Co Kildare; Alex McCarthy from Carlow; Kamil Pustkowski from Limerick; Jeremy O'Brien and Jack Kennedy.
The Garda Representative Association said the five teenagers were evading gardaí in a stolen BMW which was then driven onto the wrong side of the M9 where it hit a car carrying a family on their way to Dublin Airport.
The family in the second car - three women and a seven-year-old boy - are being treated in hospital.
Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said the garda commissioner confirmed that he will introduce garda pursuit training this year.
"This is the first time gardaí will receive this specialist training," he said.
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The five teenage boys killed in a head-on collision when their car was driven the wrong way down the M9 motorway have been named locally.
They have been named as Joe Carthy from Athy, Co Kildare; Alex McCarthy from Carlow; Kamil Pustkowski from Limerick; Jeremy O'Brien and Jack Kennedy.
The Garda Representative Association said the five teenagers were evading gardaí in a stolen BMW which was then driven onto the wrong side of the M9 where it hit a car carrying a family on their way to Dublin Airport.
The family in the second car - three women and a seven-year-old boy - are being treated in hospital.
Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan said the garda commissioner confirmed that he will introduce garda pursuit training this year.
"This is the first time gardaí will receive this specialist training," he said.
For more on this story and all the latest Irish and international news - http://www.rte.ie/news
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