Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The fallout continues from the horrific crash on the M9 motorway two Sundays ago.
Three sisters – Niamh Kinsella, Alma Kinsella, Ella Hendricken, and a seven-year-old boy – remain in hospital.
Five young men – Jeremy O’Brien, Alex McCarthy, Joe Carthy, Kamil Pustkowski, and Jack Kennedy - lost their lives.
The incident captured the attention and emotions of the nation. Concern, alarm, fear, outrage – all have been thoroughly expressed in recent days.
Now, as the five teenage boys are laid to rest, a similar incident in England has provoked fresh anxiety, after a wrong-way car crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday morning left seven people dead, including two police officers.
On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Irish Independent journalist Conor Feehan to look at the latest from the M9 crash, and by Irish Independent features writer Kim Bielenberg to examine the scourge of joyriding in society over the years.
The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism
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#M9Crash #Ireland #news
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Conor Feehan on covering Joe Carthy's funeral
6:45 Garda presence at the funerals
8:52 The public interest in this issue
10:59 Kim Bielenberg on the history of joyriding
15:40 How joyriding has evolved
18:00 The lack of sympathy for the five teenagers
The fallout continues from the horrific crash on the M9 motorway two Sundays ago.
Three sisters – Niamh Kinsella, Alma Kinsella, Ella Hendricken, and a seven-year-old boy – remain in hospital.
Five young men – Jeremy O’Brien, Alex McCarthy, Joe Carthy, Kamil Pustkowski, and Jack Kennedy - lost their lives.
The incident captured the attention and emotions of the nation. Concern, alarm, fear, outrage – all have been thoroughly expressed in recent days.
Now, as the five teenage boys are laid to rest, a similar incident in England has provoked fresh anxiety, after a wrong-way car crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday morning left seven people dead, including two police officers.
On this episode of The Indo Daily, host Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Irish Independent journalist Conor Feehan to look at the latest from the M9 crash, and by Irish Independent features writer Kim Bielenberg to examine the scourge of joyriding in society over the years.
The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. You can see our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism
For more, visit https://www.independent.ie/.
#M9Crash #Ireland #news
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Conor Feehan on covering Joe Carthy's funeral
6:45 Garda presence at the funerals
8:52 The public interest in this issue
10:59 Kim Bielenberg on the history of joyriding
15:40 How joyriding has evolved
18:00 The lack of sympathy for the five teenagers
