Garda ‘stopped pursuit’ before fatal crash

A GARDA who had been following a car which crashed, killing two young people in Dundalk, Co Louth, has told an inquest that he had stopped the pursuit just before the collision and denied he had been waiting “ready to pounce” on the vehicle.

Dominic Walsh had claimed in his deposition that he was some distance from the late night crash scene but conceded during cross examination that he was much nearer than he had originally thought.

Mairéad Boyle and Shane Hoey — who were both 20 and from Crossmaglen in South Armagh — died on May 2 last year when the BMW they were travelling in hit a crash barrier on a bend at the Long Walk, Dundalk shortly before 3am.