Five incidents involving serious injury or death reported to Garda Ombudsman this week

Flowers at the scene of a collision between a lorry and a car, which was driving in the wrong direction on the N7, between Baldonnel and Citywest where three people lost their lives on Wednesday night and the driver of the lorry was left in a serious condition in hospital. Picture Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

The Garda Ombudsman has received notice of five incidents in the last five days, three of which occurred in a 24-hour period, where the conduct of gardaí may have resulted in the death of or serious harm to a person.

Four of the events reported involved fatalities.