Flowers at a pedestrian crossing where 16-year-old Grace Lynch died after being hit by a scrambler bike at Ratoath Road in Finglas. Photograph: Alan BetsonProposals to implement a total ban on the use of scramblers in public places have been agreed by Cabinet. It comes after the Government promised renewed efforts to remove scramblers from the roads after the death of 16-year-old Grace Lynch in Finglas, Dublin, last month. We owe it to Grace Lynch, her family and her friends to introduce regulations to further restrict the inappropriate use of scramblers in public places as a matter of urgency,” O’Brien said. And we need to make it clear to people who are using them, people who were selling them, that they cannot be sold for use on public roads.

Source: The Irish Times February 04, 2026 14:18 UTC