A funeral notice for Joe Carthy, 15, who is reported to be one of five teenagers killed instantly in a fatal crash on Ireland’s M9 motorway, is taken down after an online backlash. The notice was posted on Monday morning and removed a few hours later.
Reports say the crash occurred when a BMW is driven on the wrong side of the motorway. The collision also seriously injures a family of four, according to the outlets covering the incident. The Mirror and Irish Mirror both describe the removal as following a “flood” or backlash of angry online messages and abusive condolences related to the crash and the circumstances around it.
Across the coverage, the core facts focus on the victim identified in the funeral notice, the timing of its publication and removal, and the existence of the backlash. The outlets do not offer additional differing details about the crash itself, but they frame the removal as a response to hostile reactions to online memorial or condolence posts.
