Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway, says Ireland's police body

The Garda Representative Association said officers were given a command to "disengage" with the car after it took "evasive action".

Five teenagers died when a suspected stolen BMW collided head-on with the car of a family on their way to the airport

Gardaí ‘told not to pursue wrong-way driver’ before fatal crash | ITV News  itv.com

The five teens were reportedly in balaclavas when they were killed after driving the wrong way down the M9 motorway in Ireland

A family including a young boy have been seriously injuredTaite Johnson Audience and Trending Writer and Jonathan McCambridge Press Association11:41, 17 Aug 2026Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash after a car reportedly drove in the wrong direction on a motorway in Irel

Gardaí were told not to engage with a stolen vehicle travelling the wrong way down a motorway before a horror fatal head-on crash with another car, a representative organisation for the Garda has said.

A representative is encouraging parents to talk to their sons about dangerous driving 'for the craic and the clicks' after a horror crash turned fatal, with five dead teens at the scene

Five teenagers were killed and four people were seriously injured in a head-on crash on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare after Gardaí were reportedly told not to engage with the stolen vehicle

Five teenagers, all occupants of one of the vehicles, died and four other people were seriously injured in a crash on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare.

Four other people have been seriously injured following the head-on collision on the M9 in Co Kildare.

The car driven by balaclava-clad teenagers was driven on the wrong side of the motorway twice in a matter of minutes

Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say police Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in the Republic of Ireland, police said. Gardaí confirmed the bodie

Multiple dead and several injured after car on wrong side of motorway causes head-on collision  lbc.co.uk

Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured following a head-on collision involving a car travelling on the wrong side of the M9 motorway in Co Kildare.

In Dublin, a non-national taxi driver was also physically and verbally abused by a non-national passenger on religious grounds.