- Home >
- News >
- Irish News
Teen fights for life after crashing into loose horse on motorway in Tipperary

The Garda logo on a Garda vehicle in Dublin. — © PA
A teenager is fighting for his life in hospital after the car he was driving crashed into a horse on a Tipperary motorway last night.
The incident took place on the M8 at Cahir Abbey Upper, Cahir just before midnight on Saturday when a loose horse entered the motorway and collided with a car.
The driver, a teenage boy, was seriously injured and rushed to Cork University Hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
Read more
The motorway is currently closed for forensic examination at this time on the M8 northbound between Junction 11 (Cahir South) and Junction 10 (Cahir North), with diversions in place.
Gardaí are appealing to any person who may have witnessed this collision to contact them. Any road users who were travelling in the area with camera (including dash cam) footage, is asked to make this available to Gardaí.
Anyone with information can contact Cahir Garda Station at 052 744 5630, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station.
Today's Headlines
I Laur-ve You | Joe Brolly and Laurita Blewitt wed at intimate Mayo ceremony
probe | Man (28) shot dead in Dublin apartment named
'Ray of Sunshine' | Young girl (4) who died in Sligo caravan park accident named locally as Alice Dunleavy
Blame game | Fraudster claims Catriona Carey ‘forged his signature’ and they had ‘intimate’ relationship
Major search | Garda probe launched after body of Dublin man (28) found with ‘gunshot wounds’
garda sting | Seizure of €8.4m a 'massive loss' to organised crime group
Father and Son | Jack Keating teases possibility of new family reality show with dad Ronan
Scorcher | Met Éireann issue heat stress notice as hot spell to rival Algarve temperatures
Knot safe | Ask Dr Angela: Can I play bondage games on my own?
'controversial' | UUP MLA says Michelle O'Neill ‘should withdraw’ no alternative to IRA violence remarks