A protest is continuing outside the Dáil this evening, organised by two mothers who are calling for lower speed limits in housing estates.

A bereaved mother is pressing ahead with plans to lead a four-day Dáil protest next week over speed limits in housing estates because she believes €2m made available to local authorities to implement 30km/h limits is not enough to keep children safe.

Speed limits in housing estates and residential areas across the country are to be reviewed following a campaign by the family of a six-year-old boy who died when he was hit by a car this summer.

Two days ago, Roseann Brennan felt assailed by grief. It’s just six weeks since the death of her six- year-old son, Jake.

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The devastated parents of Jake Brennan released two doves into the sky at his funeral yesterday as they continued to struggle to come to terms with his death.

A mother who lost her six-year-old son after he was hit by a car told how her little boy said, in the moments after the accident: "Mammy, I don’t want to die."