A YOUNG man and a teenage girl who sustained fatal injuries when the stolen car in which they were travelling spun out of control and struck a lamppost were involved in three other collisions and were chased at high speed by a Garda patrol car prior to the fatal incident, an inquest heard yesterday.

THREE friends died after being thrown from a car which lost control on a bend and collided with a truck parked on the other side of the street, an inquest heard last night.

Three friends died after being thrown from a car that lost control on a bend and collided with a truck parked on the other side of the street, an inquest heard tonight.

Dublin City Council is asking people affected by flooding in the Botanic Avenue area of Drumcondra to go back to their houses today if possible.