Kildare

Three social media giants were in front Oireachtas media committee today. TikTok along with Meta was not able to provide figures as to the number of views, and how many people in Ireland have viewed videos that showed dangerous content, including dangerous and wrong-way driving on motorways. Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta, TikTok, and […]

3 weeks ago

The country was left reeling after the deaths of five teenagers and the serious injury of three women and a child after a horrific crash on the M9 in Kildare in August. The five boys were driving the wrong way down the motorway when they hit the family on their way to the airport for […]

1 month ago

The mother of M9 crash teenager Jack Kennedy spoke at his funeral today (Tuesday). The mother of the 17-year-old spoke at her son’s funeral mass and urged other young people to stop engaging in dangerous driving behaviour. The mass took place in St Michael’s Church in Athy, Co Kildare this morning. Five teenage boys died […]

1 month ago

Cathal Crowe, a Fianna Fáil for Clare, said he is “sick of seeing people eulogising and heaping praise on thugs”. Five teenage boys died in the crash on the M9. The women and child they hit remain in hospital. In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, the Fianna Fáil TD said the five young men were […]

2 months ago

A fundraiser for three sisters seriously injured in the M9 crash in Kildare has raised hundreds of thousands of euros. The GoFundMe has been set up by Brian Curley, a friend of the youngest sister Ella Hendrickson. “This has been an incredibly difficult and frightening time for Ella, Niamh, Alma and their family. They are […]

2 months ago

The funeral notice for one of the five teenagers killed in the M9 crash in Kildare has been removed from RIP.ie. The notice for Joe Carthy, a 15 year-old boy, of Clonmullion, Athy, Co Kildare, was published on Monday morning but taken down hours later, amid torrents of abuse over the fatal collision. McCarthy died along […]

2 months ago