Transport minister signals scrambler bike ban after Dublin teenager’s death

Transport minister and Taoiseach say legislation will follow teenage death as calls grow to ban scrambler bikes in public spaces

Siobhan Lynch (front centre), the mother of a teenage girl who died after a scrambler crash in north Dublin, has called for them to be taken off the road, takes part in a walk in memory of her daughter Grace. Picture date: Monday January 26, 2026.

Transport Minister Darragh O’Brien has said he is willing to introduce legislation banning the use of scrambler bikes in public places following the death of Dublin teenager Grace Lynch.

In the Dáil, Taoiseach Micheál Martin echoed those comments, saying “we have it within our power to make that happen, and it will happen”.