'Step into our shoes': Hundreds gather in shared grief to remember road traffic victims

RTÉ broadcaster Joe Duffy speaking at the packed Road Traffic Victims Day of Remembrance ceremony — surrounded by portraits of lost loved ones. Picture: Bob Morrison

A deafening screech rang out as hundreds of chairs scraped the wooden floor when, as one, hundreds of families took to their feet for a shared minute’s silence.

It was a rare reminder of just how many families from across the country share the grief of a loved one lost to our dangerous roads.