County Kildare car crash

Occupants of high-powered car involved in M9 tragedy were wearing balaclavas or masks 

Thought it might be Kneecap fans  ? The Irish lads should be on in the Morning to fill us in

Outrage on Twitter as is

the psychology is extraordinary, plenty of people seem to think it's their place to defend the deceased criminals.

I'm reading that the act of driving down the motorway the wrong way has just become a bit of a trend over there.

another one yesterday

Garda car rammed by stolen vehicle in south Dublin

An investigation is under way after a Garda patrol car was rammed by a stolen vehicle in the early hours of this morning in Co Dublin.

The incident happened when gardaí on patrol responded to reports of dangerous driving on the M50 near Leopardstown at around 2am.

Gardaí came across the stolen car at Glencairn Drive, The Gallops and signalled for the vehicle to stop.

Yes as Cider says its really worrying , trends like firelighting and the above can catch hold (pardon the allusion ) extremely quickly these days . Prevention will be key .

Wish the poor women and child who were on their way to the airport a swift recovery.

Anyone wearing a mask or balaclava should be shot on sight, that would help.

My Cousin says similar thing happened previously Bloke was killed by  another car that was going the wrong way on motorway  , They do it coz they know the police wont continue chasing them

Regardless of the whole appalling behaviour and tragic consequences, What were they doing out a 3 am ? They were children they should be in their home sleeping looking forward to a game of sport.
Society is gone, social media has plenty to do with its downwards trajectory.

I think they were out Robbing ,the car had been stolen

As Pa said dreadful for the other folks Just going about their Business

Lennies Edy of Derby Malay

Eddie LOL

I learned quite a lot reading about this story. Apparently lots of Irish cops are being prosecuted for chasing criminals. They don't have enough prison places. Kids always getting let off. One of the rumours are that this gang had only been caught recently, and one of them had a dedicated tiktok channel for broadcasting their exploits of driving stolen cars dangerously.

Good riddance to the five of them. Just a pity about their victims.

Absolutely terrible to see the suitcases outside the wreck. Must also have been awful for the emergency responders. One of the perps apparently found on the other side of the motorway.
What's left of the vehicles seem to still be pretty much where they collided, so virtually no dissipation of energy, almost like hitting a wall.

Cider you have read the same as myself regarding joyriding and videos on social media, it’s all very sad if children believe that behaviour is something to be proud of and an achievement.
Anyway I will leave it at there is plenty grief in this horrible situation.

Yet more evidence that social media are poisoning young minds and changing behavior. At last a few authorities are taking them to court but fines wont help much. Persistent offenders need closing down.

Car theft/crime has been blight of our roads for years.

Lots of it was driven by show off behaviour in town, which was combated by road calming
speed bumps etc etc to discourage behaviour.

Some modification was also added to car locking systems, (my first car could be unlocked with a lolly pop stick)

Obviously live streaming has enabled the idiots to take their reckless behaviour away from town and still attract gormless spectators who egg them on to ever more
dangerous behaviour.

Sadly giving them publicity only encourages them.

As for being shut down, these 5 have been, hopefully that actually discourages others.

Tragic that other lives are lost by idiotic
behaviour of attention seekers.

Another load of wrong uns dead near Middlesbrough, let's hope there was no collateral damage this time.

2 Police officers dead.

7 dead in Total

Meanwhile Gold Coffin and sun Glasses at one of the Kildare lads Funerals

Blakey Burnham asks people to avoid speculation

Only if there's something you want to keep suppressed.

Sly news apparently left the critical part of the statement, that the cop car was going the correct way, out. Literally shameless, limit to their attempt to gaslight.

car heading the wrong way on A66 head on collision with an armed response Vehicle

Terrible news.

Blakey Burnham asks people to avoid speculation

Why is Burnham and Philp talking about speculation? What exact speculation is occuring?

released his statement on x. doubtful he even prepared or posted it himself. how low the political leadership of the country has sunk, part time pm.

the establishment will be busy trying to spin the blame on plod. and not fellow tik tok addicts.

Do you expect a Prime Minister to instantly have the answers to problems --- car theft & joy riding --- the police have been dealing with for decades?

If the police need new powers isn't that something the Chief Constables should be lobbying the Home Office about?

Hilarious you think the PM is working part-time just because he has a communications team. Maybe he should be like Trump --- UP ALL NIGHT RANTING IN CAPITALS

Our prime minister should instantly have the answer to all problems all of the time.

Teenage joyrider killed in A66 crash that claimed the lives of seven people including two armed officers posted TikTok videos of his high-speed police chases

well i never

I do think "X" is not the place to be releasing such statements but I also think
he is in a dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't position

He could do a piece to camera for PA if he wanted to. What happened yesterday was a sop. I'd say the same whatever party the pm represented, as events like this should be above the punch and judy stuff. And yes, his handlers would have been fully aware this is probably a copycat of Ireland. But Burnham is already compromised, as he already leans heavily on tik tok and social media as a means to nominally running the country.

Actually, no. Surely you don't think this was an appropriate reaction. I read that he was at a football match yesterday enjoying himself. He's already been on holiday for a fortnight. He doesn't want to be in downing street, he doesn't like dressing appropriately all the time. He has dodged any kind of scrutiny. He announces crrrap via tik tok. So far he is deeply unimpressive.

What's gone before is irrelevant. His own party have determined he is the chosen one. And he already looks like another dud.

Anyone could have seen what happened in Kildare and think this is a trend that could easily bleed into England. In fact it's probably there, under the radar. A proactive government could have got on the front foot and made it known they were aware of the risk. And asked the civil service to plan for such eventualities. We are just folk typing onto a Politics betting forum and if we can figure it out, surely the people whose job it is, and have access to all the information do. The police should be tasked with tracking down anyone anyone who is clipping these stunts to tik tok in this country.

"It is understood Mr Saddington and his companions had close links to the traveller community."


Whatever you do people, don't speculate

"He went on holiday for a fortnight" and.........
Do you assume he was unavailable during that time?
"dressing appropriately" I don't even know what that means.
Have a go at the man on policy or even principles but this is weak gruel.

I do agree with you about those tik tok stunts doing tik tok stunts though.

I wonder if the beach was closed, lol

Five more wrong'uns gone, and no loss to society.

Another disgraceful sad incident obviously we had similar in Kildare, I really don’t know how we can stop this happening again. It’s criminal activity, it’s stupidity and it’s not even for financial gain.
Don’t know somebody cleverer than myself will need to find a solution.

They had loads of previous between em, no punishment to speak of, so why
would they change their ways. The courts are a waste of time and money.

Financial gain via social media adverts and followers,...

Ban the content and it's makers,... Good start to stopping it, but they want freedom
of speech, and it's apparently woke to ban these idiots posting dangerous content.

Who said it was "woke" to ban dangerous content such as videos of law breaking ? How is it a free speech issue if you are posting an illegal act ?

Cream Crackers

The Daily Mail is reporting that one of the joy riders was awaiting trial for racially abusing police officers.

No surprise there.

Aug 23, 2026 -- 12:22PM, northanlite wrote:

"He went on holiday for a fortnight" and.........Do you assume he was unavailable during that time?"dressing appropriately" I don't even know what that means.Have a go at the man on policy or even principles but this is weak gruel.

He has gone abroad (obviously) to give away even more money we don't have to the Ukraine (obviously).
Wearing a t shirt.
Policy, principles yes, but also standards. Standards are critical, looking like you're going out for a game of tennis when representing the UK abroad is sub standard. More importantly, it's deliberate. A sort of cringe level of arrogance.

The Daily Mail is reporting that one of the joy riders was awaiting trial for racially abusing police officers.

No surprise there.

Not giving money away,all loaned munee is a in a joint loan fund and linked to armament procurement contracts. What's more it's underwritten by frozen Russian funds.

So it's a no brainier and it's the right thing to do. As for attire, what do you want him to wear? He's not military .

underwritten by frozen russian funds

my lord you must believe in anything they tell you. the chances of the British seeing any of this money coming back is less than remote.

He's trying to 'get down' with the youth innit.
I remember Blair dropped his aitches to do the same.

The Daily Mail is reporting that one of the joy riders was awaiting trial for racially abusing police officers.

No surprise that they were racists.

I hope the Gardai's response is a similar one to the UK's police, get these little scumbags off the street and off the roads.

Cleveland Police says nine men and three women, aged between 19 and 61, have been arrested across Teesside on suspicion of offences "ranging from possession of a firearm to participating in the activities of an organised crime group".

The Daily Mail is reporting that one of the joy riders was awaiting trial for racially abusing police officers.

No surprise that they were racists.

Seen some photos of the send offs these people are being given.

The parents are just as bad. You would think if your kid was nicking cars and smashing them in to other people and killing them you would have some self respect to have a low key funeral for them.

Masked youths set off flares as balloons released in memory of joyrider dead after A66 wrong-way crash that killed cops

Sounds like they were a bunch of real hoodlums. I feel very sorry for the police who have lost 2 officers while trying to catch them. And now they have the headache of proving who else was a criminal while also having to answer questions about the use of chase cars.

They need bazookas fitted to the chase cars.

Agree

The sooner the better Saddo

A man has died and two women have been injured in a crash that followed a police pursuit near Stratford-upon-Avon.

Officers tried to stop a black Audi on Birmingham Road shortly before 17:30 BST on Monday but the driver failed to pull over,

Smashed into another car badly Injuring two women

There is a program on TV showing Police chases, the offenders endanger the lives of many people.
They get little more than a slap on the wrist, they need jail time.

One of the Cleveland Kids House was rammed by a car over the weekend

It's way past time that parents were pressured to rein in their errant offspring, it's their job.

Exactly the type of parents that will now be the main beneficiaries of Labours removal of the 2 child benefit cap.