As gardaí carried out searches for the suspect vehicle, a 1995-registered Fiat Stilo, it crashed around 5km away on Butterfield Avenue, Templeogue, after 1am. Coleman and Ms Hooper, who were known to each other, were pronounced dead at the scene and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc) was notified as officers had earlier interacted with the vehicle. He was previously jailed over a high-speed chase with gardaí around Dublin city while his infant child was in the car. Ms Hooper, described as a devoted mother, lived in the Tallaght area. A local woman who knew Ms Hooper said: "She lived for her children and for this to happen just a week before Christmas is absolutely tragic."

Source: Irish Independent December 18, 2019 02:38 UTC