My thoughts are with the victim's family at this unimaginably difficult time. Our investigation is continuing at pace as we work to establish the full circumstances around this incident. Were you in the area or on Tollgate Gardens on Friday, 19 December? Do you have any mobile phone or dash cam footage of individuals in the area around the time of the incident? If so, please come forward and speak to police.
The male pedestrian, aged in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene in Sallypark, Co Waterford in the early hours of this morning. Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene after a car struck the man shortly before 2:10am. The driver of the car, a male in his 20s, was uninjured. The road remains closed, on the R448 from Rice's Bridge to the New Rath Road roundabout, and local diversions are in place.
A cyclist is fighting for his life after a collision in Coulsdon, south London on Monday. The cyclist was struck by a car at around 4.20pm on Ditches Lane in Coulsdon, around six miles from Croydon. Metropolitan Police officers were called to the scene, and the cyclist was taken to the hospital, where he remains in a life-threatening condition. The driver of the car involved in the incident, a red Hyundai i20, stopped at the scene and is cooperating with police as the investigation unfolds.
Gardaí were on patrol at Cashel Avenue in Crumlin, Dublin 12, at a public gathering at a bonfire on Friday evening. During the patrol, fireworks were discharged and missiles were thrown at uniform gardaí, forcing them to withdraw. Public Order Units were later deployed, who secured the area and helped the Dublin Fire Brigade to attend the scene safely. While at the scene, gardaí received a report of the discharge of a firework into a private residence shortly after 6.30pm.
Met Police Four teenage boys have been charged with the murder of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed in south London. Victim Yeray Sanchez-Morales, 17, was taken to hospital after the knife attack outside a McDonalds on Old Kent Road on 27 August and died on 3 September. A 16-year-old boy and two 17-year-olds will appear at Bromley Magistrates Court on Monday while a 15-year-old will appear at the Old Bailey, say the Metropolitan Police.