Kildare

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 week 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks ago

Three sisters who sustained catastrophic injuries after a stolen BMW crashed into their car on Sunday morning have been named. Niamh and Alma Kinsella, who are in their 30s, are in a critical condition after their car collided with a group of teenagers who were driving the wrong way down the motorway in Co Kildare on Sunday. Their […]

2 weeks ago

One video, shared online, carries the caption: “Ur last spin boys. To hear your voices in this boys has me in a pain that can’t be described”. Social media accounts on TikTok and Snapchat have posted the final video posted by one of the five teenage boys killed on the M9, Kamil Pustkowski (17) from […]

2 weeks ago