Men killed in head-on collision after Garda chase had to be identified by DNA, inquest hears

The three men died when their BMW vehicle burst into flames following a high-speed crash between Citywest and Baldonnell on July 7, 2021, while they were driving on the wrong side of the N7

From left: Kathleen Maguire, mother;
Sheila Maguire, sister; Sally Ann Maguire, wife;
and Margaret Wall, mother-in-law of Dean Maguire leaving Dublin District Coroner's Court on Friday. Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

The bodies of three men who were killed when their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a truck on the N7 in Dublin last year while being chased by gardaí had to be identified using DNA samples from relatives, an inquest has heard.

The three men — Dean Maguire, 29, Karl Freeman, 26, and Graham Taylor, 31, all from Tallaght — died when their BMW vehicle burst into flames following a high-speed crash between Citywest and Baldonnell on July 7, 2021, while they were driving on the wrong side of the N7.