Minister was ‘spinning me a load of nonsense’

A bereaved mother has accused Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe of “buck-passing” by failing to impose a 20km/h speed limit in housing estates.

Roseann Brennan’s six-year-old son Jake died in her arms after being knocked down by a car near his home in Lintown Grove, Kilkenny, last June.

Determined that her son’s name and spirit would live on, Ms Brennan founded campaign group Jake’s Legacy and began a fight to introduce a mandatory 20km/h limit in residential areas.