Overview
- On Sunday a BMW travelling the wrong way on the M9 near Moone collided head-on with a Hyundai, killing five teenage occupants and leaving three sisters and a seven-year-old boy in hospital with serious or critical injuries.
- Footage and social‑media posts reviewed by investigators show the group boasting about driving the wrong way and earlier police chases, and police say some of the teens were linked to recent car thefts and joyriding.
- An Garda Síochána is conducting criminal and forensic inquiries while Fiosrú has opened an independent review into Garda contact with the BMW before the crash.
- The Garda Representative Association says no officers currently hold the certified pursuit training required to carry out legal vehicle pursuits; Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan has pledged training and is considering a specific wrong‑way driving offence but officials say rollout will take many months.
- The crash has produced rapid public support and anger: a GoFundMe for the injured family raised roughly €200,000 within a day and a funeral notice was removed after a flood of abusive online comments, intensifying local calls for change to policing and laws.