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Man arrested following fatal Meath car crash released without charge

20-year-old Jillian Thornton died in the two-car collision early on Saturday morning.

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A MAN IN his 30s who was arrested following a fatal road traffic accident late on Friday evening has been released without charge.

A Garda spokesperson confirmed the man’s release and said that a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Gardaí in Ashbourne are investigating the two-car collision which left a woman dead.

She has since been named as 20-year-old Drogheda native Jillian Thornton.

Jillian was fatally injured when the car she was travelling in collided with another vehicle at Waterside Great, Duleek, County Meath on the N2 Dublin-Slane Road at around 10.20pm on Friday night.

The driver of the car, the man in his 30s who was arrested, and a female front seat passenger (also aged 20) were removed to Blanchardstown Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

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The male driver of the second car, in his late 30s, and a female passenger in her mid 30s were removed to Drogheda Hospital by ambulance. Their injuries were also non life-threatening.

A statement from GSOC said the car was being pursued by gardaí.

The fatal road traffic incident which occurred on the N2 last night was referred to GSOC because the car which crashed was under pursuit by gardaí prior to the incident occurring. GSOC investigators attended the scene. There are parallel investigations underway. GSOC’s investigation will focus primarily on matters relating to the conduct of the Garda pursuit.

Sources told TheJournal.ie that a call was made to gardaí by one of the women in the car.

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    Mute J. Reid
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    May 28th 2019, 1:01 AM

    I don’t trust media-produced opinion or exit polls. They tend to carry something of a bias toward outcomes that the media themselves would like to see, such as the utterly contrived “green wave” that the monolithic, group-thinking Irish media have been salivating and manipulating about since the first exit poll was produced last Friday.

    In reality, the vast majority of the Irish electorate did not vote for the Green Party in the 2019 Local and European Elections. The vast majority of voters voted for either Fianna Fail, Fine Gael or Independent candidates.

    Media-produced opinion and exit polls tend to exaggerate scenarios that the media would be ideologically in favour of, and they downplay scenarios that the media would be less in favour of. Like most voters, I have never once been asked to contribute to an exit poll. Nor have I ever been asked to contribute to an opinion poll between elections.

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    Mute Chewey Bacca
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    May 28th 2019, 3:19 AM

    @J. Reid: I think the main reason the exit polls predicted a green surge is that green voters vote later in the day and when you tip the box upside down their votes are at the top distorting the exit poll. But why do they vote later? Root cause analysis suggests they may not work 9 to 5 jobs as their principles restrict where they can work but further analysis suggests that those that do work, cycle to workplace and take longer to get there, get changed out if hi vis soaked lycra and thus leave work later, this voting later. Also the green voter will not waste paper by voting if they the know the seat is in the bag thus they wait and surge later. Once the box tips upside down you have the LIFO principles at play that media run with. QED.

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    Mute Damien Mc Padden
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    May 28th 2019, 5:08 AM

    @Chewey Bacca: ;)

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    Mute Hatchjaw
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    May 28th 2019, 5:58 AM

    @J. Reid: Agree 100%.

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    Mute iohanx
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    May 28th 2019, 7:14 AM

    @Hatchjaw: the exit poll is done prior to boxes being opened i.e. pollsters on the ground all day grabing people as they ahem; exit

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    Mute Karen Wellington
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    May 28th 2019, 8:08 AM

    @J. Reid: I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, I’m just wondering what ‘the media’ would get out of distorting this information? They’d only have between polling and counting to enjoy their fabrication; no time to influence anything and a hit to their reputation when it becomes apparent they reported the wrong result. Seems very short-sighted.

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    Mute Cathal
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    May 28th 2019, 10:49 AM

    @iohanx: So Red C wandered down to some South Dublin polling station, asked random hipsters how they voted and put it out as a national trend?

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    Mute KingCrisp
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    May 28th 2019, 11:16 AM

    @J. Reid: That is very Trumpian attacking the media. This poll is not a media poll. They do multiple polling research, on a myriad of topics/products etc.
    It appears that you and others are unawares to your mistake, as it appears to be an easy mistake to make.
    A media produced poll is similar to the following
    https://www.thejournal.ie/poll-does-the-price-of-sunscreen-influence-your-usage-4657168-May2019/

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    Mute J
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    May 28th 2019, 11:34 AM

    @J. Reid: wrong in so many ways.

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    Mute lisa duignan
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    May 29th 2019, 1:55 PM

    @Chewey Bacca: LOL. So you get paid to write this crap?

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    Mute Tommy Byrne
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    May 28th 2019, 12:40 AM

    So what we have learned is to not believe what we are told in the polls pre or post voting time

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    Mute Peter Browne
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    May 28th 2019, 12:42 AM

    At the end of the day its an exit poll. Who cares. Its the actaul results that matter. Media frenzie comes to mind.

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    Mute John Smith
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    May 28th 2019, 3:27 AM

    Polls are useful to keep the status quo going, they create voter apathy. People are told constantly that either FG or FF are going to win , so they don’t bother voting which helps keep the big parties in power.

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    Mute William Tallon
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    May 28th 2019, 12:59 AM

    Opinion and exit polls for all their claims to scientific accuracy and reliability are susceptible to one thing that can render them worthless and that’s human nature. Sometime people just don’t tell the truth…

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    Mute Joseph Lysaght
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    May 28th 2019, 12:22 AM

    The thing I don’t trust about the explanation is that if the numbers had gone the other way an equally valid explanation would have been provided. When science meets people things get messy.

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    Mute Willy
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    May 28th 2019, 4:20 AM

    Polls are used by media to maintain status quo.. Always has and always will..

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    Mute Paddy J
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    May 28th 2019, 9:15 AM

    @Willy: If I follow your logic Willy, you reckon there is a conspiracy by the polling companies to influence people to vote for SF by consistently showing their numbers as much higher than they actually are. The scoundrels. Thankfully the people didn’t fall for it.

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    Mute AJ Con
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    May 28th 2019, 7:27 AM

    The only thing the Poll has done is give Leo and Simon a few quotes to weasel around and unexpected representation for the greens. That has trown up two things, Saoirse McHugh, likely to stay un-elected but has shown her morale backbone whith her FF/FG statement, which do her self no harm next time around as an independent if that be her decision. While the greens leadership show, they are only too keen to to jump into junior government partnership again. Very good to know that about them.

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    Mute Tony Donoghue
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    May 28th 2019, 2:28 AM

    Polls have been proven to be inaccurate many times now so most people don’t pay any attention to them apart from the media who need to fill out their news output with something. Like on a quiet news week, you will get a Sunday newspaper revealing the entirely predictable results of some poll

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    Mute Shane Murphy
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    May 28th 2019, 12:33 AM

    Varadkar out! The party of spin , lies, deceit and ineptitude out! They think not sinking the economy again is enough for them to retain power. You can disagree and send them packing!!!! Send the rats scurrying come election time. Fool me once ….

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    Mute Virgil
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    May 28th 2019, 9:49 AM

    @Shane Murphy: the economy isn’t sinking, its the fastest growing in Europe

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    Mute Gowon Geter
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    May 28th 2019, 10:47 AM

    @Virgil: Heard that before, before the Celtic Tiger Crash, which was fueled by a housing shortage too

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    Mute Cathal
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    May 28th 2019, 10:53 AM

    @Virgil: Stagnating at the moment, number of jobs advertised has dropped since the beginning of the year. Brexit will trigger downturn here, lack of government preparation for Brexit will make it worse

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    Mute Derek Poutch
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    May 28th 2019, 12:04 PM

    @Virgil: Means f–all if it only benifits the few.

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    Mute Ian James Burgess
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    May 28th 2019, 7:11 AM

    Just a waste of time and money

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    Mute pat seery
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    May 28th 2019, 8:15 AM

    The only Exit that matters is the Sf Exit

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    Mute Tony Donoghue
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    May 28th 2019, 12:08 PM

    @pat seery: ??

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    Mute Marty from Sligo
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    May 28th 2019, 12:26 AM

    We have no Green party representation on Sligo County council..I think if they had put up a candidate they would have got a seat after seen what happened around the country.

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    Mute Brian Ó Dálaigh
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    May 28th 2019, 12:50 AM

    @Marty from Sligo: eh, there was a green candidate.

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    Mute Virgil
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    May 28th 2019, 9:48 AM

    Where do they get their ‘margin of error’ from? They should just say this could be totally wrong, we just don’t now. We think it’s a ball park figure

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    Mute Pl O'neill
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    May 28th 2019, 11:39 AM

    @Virgil: That should be RTE’s Motto !

    Morto for them and their Poll Guessers !

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    Mute Daragh Harmon
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    May 28th 2019, 9:11 AM

    Media demanding on radio the minister to introduce carbon tax as if the entire country voted green. If Aontu had recieved the same share of the vote would they demand a new referendum on abortion. No the wouldn’t. Most of the media in this country are biased which is a very dangerous thing.

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