Garda to face criminal prosecution over pursuit of crime gang members killed in head-on collision

Garda involved in the pursuit of three men, who were members of a Tallaght-based criminal gang that specialised in burglaries, is to be charged with a driving offence

Solicitor for the Maguire family, Michael Finnucane, with Sheila Maguire and Sally Ann Maguire - Dean Maguire's wife - this afternoon at Dublin District Coroner's Court for the inquests into the deaths of Graham Taylor, Dean Maguire and Kark Freeman who died in a crash on the N7 near Baldonnell on July 7 2021. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A garda is to face a criminal prosecution over his driving in relation to an incident in which three men were killed in a collision on the N7 in Dublin two years ago while fleeing gardaí.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard that the DPP has directed that a garda involved in the pursuit of the three men, who were members of a Tallaght-based criminal gang that specialised in burglaries, is to be charged with a driving offence.