People who use mopeds, scooters, or scramblers to commit crimes could be rammed off the roads

Just some of the 193 recruits who were attested as sworn Garda members at the Garda College in Templemore, Co Tipperary, on Friday. Picture: James Treacy

Gardaí could be given the go-ahead to ram people who use mopeds, scooters, or scramblers to commit crimes off the road.

Justice minister Jim O’Callaghan has revealed he and transport minister Darragh O’Brien “are prepared to look at” statutory provisions for police in Britain that allow the use of so-called “tactical contact” in pursuits.