Justice Minister: Wrong-Way Drivers Will ‘End up in Jail or in the Grave’

Justice Minister: Wrong-way drivers will ‘end up in jail or in the grave’

Criminals driving the wrong way down motorways will ‘end up in jail or in the grave’, the Justice Minister has said. The Government yesterday scrambled to deal with the fallout from a second incident of young males driving down the motorway into oncoming traffic, in which five teenagers died. Mr O’Callaghan also said he was […]

Minister says specific penalties for driving wrong way on motorway may be introduced

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has said driving the wrong way down a motorway may need to become a specific criminal offence

Wrong-way drivers going to 'jail or grave', minister says

The Minister for Justice has warned those driving the wrong way down a motorway: "You'll end up in jail or you'll end up in a grave."

Wrong-Way Drivers Going To 'Jail Or Grave' Says Minister O'Callaghan

Justice Minister, Jim O'Callaghan has said that people driving the wrong way down a motorway will "end up in jail" or "end up in a grave".  The minister made these comments at Government Buildings, where he also confirmed that Gardaí are to receive pursuit training, following the recent tragic crash on the M9, which led to the deaths of five teenagers. The teenage boys were driving southbound on the northbound carriage of the motorway when it co…

‘You’ll end up in jail or you’ll end up in a grave’ – Justice Minister after M9 crash

Jim O’Callaghan says Government is examining creating a separate offence for those who drive the wrong way down a motorway after horror M9 crash “That is using a vehicle as a weapon, and it is a lethal form of behaviour that, as we saw over the weekend, results in deaths and serious injuries,” he said. “But the responsibility primarily rests on the people involved in that behaviour. They’ve got to stop it because we saw what happens to the peopl…