National review under way as Tusla reveals it had contact with three boys from M9 crash
A national review is underway following the deaths of five teenagers in a car crash on the M9 motorway in Ireland. The state child and family agency, Tusla, confirmed that some of the victims were known to their services.
Why it matters
The involvement of state care agencies in the lives of minors who die in tragic circumstances necessitates institutional accountability and policy review.
ONE OF THE teenage boys killed in the M9 crash was in the care of Tusla while two others were known to the agency, The Journal has confirmed.
Five boys aged in their teens died when the BMW car they were travelling in drove into oncoming traffic on the motorway, causing a head-on collision.
Four people in another vehicle, a Hyundai, including a mother and her seven-year-old son, were seriously injured.
Sources said that at least two of the teenage boys were in contact with the agency and that a national review was underway into Tusla’s handling of the children’s cases.
The five boys have been named as Jack Kennedy, Kamil Pustkowski, Joe Carthy, Alex McCarthy and Jeremy O’Brien.
When we asked Tusla for specific details, they confirmed that they were in contact with some of the boys.
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