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**bigby** · 18-08-2026, 02:31 PM

Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan has said driving the wrong way down a motorway may need to become a specific criminal offence. And how do they intend to bring them to justice, the answer to everything with the government is to make a statement

**Vico2** · 18-08-2026, 10:49 PM

I would have thought that driving the wrong way down a road would already be against the law

**bigby** · 19-08-2026, 06:22 PM

'Performative crimes' need properly-funded interventions

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0819/1588513-ireland-crime/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTyxXtwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7IIP58P9MBajII1tSzqccI5pa0CmUicw19e3R-xi9M4Df6_mMtBim6NXUypA_aem_qJPSfDSDAKaeoqCrEYA6eA

Young people committing "performative crimes" such as reckless driving need to be supported through properly-funded intervention programmes in their communities, a criminologist has said.

**bigby** · 19-08-2026, 06:23 PM

so now we need to pay to educate them on how not to drive the wrong way down any road for fun

**ob1kenobi.23** · 19-08-2026, 08:57 PM

Possession of a deadly weapon & murder as the killings were in the course of committing a crime.

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Minister says specific penalties for driving wrong way on motorway may be introduced

Minister says specific penalties for driving wrong way on motorway may be introduced

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