They are Chloe McGee (23) and Shay Duffy (21), both from Carrickmacross; Alan McCluskey (23) and Dillon Commins (23), both from Drumconrath, and Chloe Hipson (21), from Lanarkshire in Scotland. The five people were in a Volkswagen Golf involved in the collision near Dundalk on Saturday night. They are believed to have been on their way to Dundalk for a night-out, gardaí said.
'Will that be three penalty points or three Hail Marys?' - a joke Garda Eric O'Sullivan will no doubt hear more often, now that his career is taking a dramatic turn.
A former garda who withdrew two personal injury claims after she was filmed lifting 40kg weights in a gym has become the first Irish female in history to compete in the Olympia bodybuilding competition in Nevada, US.
Labour TD Alan Kelly challenged Taoiseach Micheál Martin by revealing that the guns related to a case had been provided by An Garda Síochana, raising serious accountability concerns.
"In a very violent situation, we need to make sure that we're not suffering members being injured, as opposed to having the vehicles and the equipment, including water cannons, which can probably deal with very violent disorder. So that's what they're there for."
