Community remembers teen killed after being hit by scrambler bike

Family, friends, and neighbours gathered for the ceremony in Finglas, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney

A community in west Dublin gathered for a tree-planting service in memory of a local teenager who was killed after being hit by a scrambler bike in January.

Grace Lynch, 16, from Finglas, was tragically killed on January 25 while crossing the road near her home. She was thrown to the other side of the road at the pedestrian crossing and died in nearby Connolly Hospital.

Since her tragic death, the Government has introduced Grace’s Law, banning scramblers and quadbikes from main roads.

On Tuesday morning, Dublin City Council planted a tree in memory of the secondary school student close to the area where she was hit by the scrambler.

Family, friends, and neighbours were in attendance for the event which took place at 10:30am.

Grace's mother Siobhan Gifford Lynch had invited members of the public to join her in memory of her daughter.

“I want the solidity of the Irish people to come together for Grace," she said.

“I want people to come together to show all of these ministers that I will never stop."

Flowers continue to be left at the site where Grace died.

The late Grace Lynch. 

Ms Gifford Lynch told the Irish Examiner  this week that she has been targeted with a campaign of abuse and intimidation after calling for scrambler bikes to be banned from public roads.

The threats, she said, have compounded the trauma of losing her child in circumstances she believes were entirely preventable.

An 18-year-old man has been charged with causing the death of the teenager.