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 Transp

Five teenagers lost their lives on Sunday after engaging in what O’Callaghan described as “outrageous criminal behaviour”.

Follow live developments as local communities in Carlow and Kildare react to the fatal crash on the M9 yesterday in which five teenage boys died and a family of four was injured.