'Number of fatalities' and four injured after car drives on wrong side of motorway

The collision occurred on on the M9 Northbound at about 03:00 local time on Sunday in County Kildare.

Three women and young child who were left with serious injuries were travelling to Dublin Airport when crash occurred

A number of people have died and others have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in Co Kildare, Irish police said.A gardaí spokesperson said two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision on the northbound M9.Gardaí said they are investigating the circumstan

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Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 16, 2026 10:36am Updated August 16, 2026 10:37am Emergency services were called to the scene in the early hours of this morning (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) A number of people are dead and four have been taken to hospital after a car drove the wrong way along a mo

The fatal crash happened in the early hours of Sunday. 10:24, Sun, Aug 16, 2026 Updated: 10:26, Sun, Aug 16, 2026 (file picture) The crash happened on the M9 (Image: Mick O'Neill/Daily Mirror/Irish Daily Star)A number of people have died and others have been seriously injured after a head-on collision between two cars

A head on crash with a car understood to have been travelling on the wrong side of the M9 in County Kildare, Ireland, has led to 'a number of fatalities'

Vehicle was travelling southbound on the northbound carriageway when crash occurred

Three young women and a child who were left with serious injuries were travelling to Dublin Airport when crash occurred

The section of the M9 from Junction 3 to Junction 4 northbound and southbound has been closed and local diversions are in place.

A number of people have died and at least four others have been seriously injured after a two-car crash on the M9 at Moone, Co Kildare.

A number of people have died and others have been seriously injured in a crash on a motorway in County Kildare, Irish police have said.