Gardai were 9.5 seconds behind car that crashed, inquest hears

Gardai were travelling 9.5 seconds at behind a car that crashed at high speed resulting in the death of a back seat passenger, an inquest heard.

Sinead Maguire (43) of Bayview Avenue, Dublin 3 died when the car she was travelling in hit a pole at the junction of Malahide Road and Clontarf Road at 1.52am on May 29 2014. Her mother Lillian Maguire said she feels vindicated by the outcome of the inquest.

"We've been told so many lies but the cameras don't lie. The proof was in the CCTV footage. I'm so angry about how we have been treated," Ms Maguire said, speaking after the inquest.