Three arrested after driving wrong way on dual carriageway in suspected stolen car
Three members of a suspected burglary gang arrested following garda pursuit in Dublin on Sunday. A suspected stolen car drove the wrong way down a dual carriageway this week before being apprehended by Gardai. Shortly after 7pm, Gardaí on mobile patrol as part of ongoing investigations into a series of burglaries and incidents of criminal […]
3 weeks ago
Two teenagers arrested driving wrong way on the motorway
Two teenage boys were arrested after a garda car was rammed. A stolen car was driven the wrong way on the M50 and other areas of Dublin last night (Thursday). The car was stolen in the Coolock area in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Gardaí said they responded with a “managed containment operation” shortly […]
2 months ago
AI could be used to catch wrong-way driving on Irish motorways
AI could turn really useful To alert the public more quickly to wrong-way driving on Irish motorways and to help gardaí catch the drivers involved, AI technology and the existing road camera network could be used, it has been revealed. RTÉ News reported that Minister of State for road safety Seán Canney outlined the possible […]
2 months ago
Couple in their 80s seriously injured in M50 crash at Ballymount
Emergency services rush to serious M50 collision A serious crash on the M50 in Dublin left an elderly couple in their 80s injured on Wednesday evening, after their car came off the road at Junction 10 in Ballymount. The vehicle crashed through a barrier before travelling down an embankment and landing on the motorway below, […]
2 months ago
Four arrested as Garda operation against burglary gang on M50 sparks west Dublin manhunt
Gardaí chase suspected burglary gang across Dublin Four men have been detained following a major Garda operation in west Dublin targeting a suspected organised burglary gang on the M50. According to The Journal, the group includes three men in their 20s and another in his 40s, who were taken into custody as the operation unfolded […]
3 months ago
Mother of man hit by car going the wrong way on M50 says he is “doing well”
The two car collision involved a car driving the wrong way on the busy motorway. The mother of a man who was hit head on by a car on the wrong side of the motorway, has said there “has to be consequences for what’s happened”. The serious two-vehicle collision occurred at around 5.30am on Sunday […]
3 months ago