Gardaí to receive pursuit training for the first time in aftermath of M9 crash

Gardaí will be given “whatever resources” are required to deal with dangerous driving, including pursuit training, following the M9 motorway crash. Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan said efforts are under way to prepare legislation to strengthen protections for gardaí involved in pursuits by the Department of Transport, he said, noting that the Garda Commissioner confirmed training would be introduced this year.Five teenage boys, who were travelling in a stolen BMW in the wrong direction on the M9 motorway near Moone, Co Kildare, were killed in the early hours of Sunday morning when their car collided head-on with another car.Family and friends have posted messages naming them as Kamil Pustkowski (17) from Limerick; Jack Kennedy, also 17, from Athy, Co Kildare; Jeremy O’Brien (18), from