e-scooters

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Warning issued after 'cluster' of e-scooter accidents involving teens who got them for Christmas

Warning issued after 'cluster' of e-scooter accidents involving teens who got them for Christmas

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Doctors at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin and the Department of Paediatrics at Trinity College examined four cases in which young teenagers were injured in the weeks after Christmas.
Alcohol and drug use in e-scooter injuries doubles since law change, research shows

Alcohol and drug use in e-scooter injuries doubles since law change, research shows

Sun, 10 Aug, 2025

Overall injury rates are continuing to increase due to the growing popularity of e-scooters
Research shows alomost one in four e-scooter users have been involved in a collision

Research shows alomost one in four e-scooter users have been involved in a collision

Fri, 09 May, 2025

32 per cent have been involved in a near miss, with all reported collisions involving men.
Gardaí seize €75k worth of drugs and 41 vehicles following searches in Dublin

Gardaí seize €75k worth of drugs and 41 vehicles following searches in Dublin

Thu, 24 Apr, 2025

Eva OsborneFollowing searches in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) West area, gardaí seized more than €75,000 worth of controlled drugs on Thursday.
Case of little-known e-scooter law struck out in Waterford court

Case of little-known e-scooter law struck out in Waterford court

Mon, 17 Feb, 2025

The man appeared on a summons for carriage of goods on an e-scooter
Deals on wheels schoolboy, 16, barred from Royal Canal Greenway and using bikes or e-scooters

Deals on wheels schoolboy, 16, barred from Royal Canal Greenway and using bikes or e-scooters

Sat, 18 Jan, 2025

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared at Dublin District Court on Saturday
Gardaí seize motorbikes, e-scooters and shotgun cartridges in operation targeting organised crime

Gardaí seize motorbikes, e-scooters and shotgun cartridges in operation targeting organised crime

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

Gardaí have seized motorbikes, e-scooters, e-bikes and shotgun cartridges in an operation targeting criminal acitivity
Doctors call for review of decison not to have mandatory helmet use for e-scooters

Doctors call for review of decison not to have mandatory helmet use for e-scooters

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

A new study found fewer than one in 10 individuals who attended hospital following a fall or collision involving the devices was wearing protective headgear.
Do not gift e-scooters, scramblers, or quad bikes to children this Christmas, RSA warns

Do not gift e-scooters, scramblers, or quad bikes to children this Christmas, RSA warns

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

Four e-scooter riders were killed and 117 seriously injured on Irish roads between January 1st, 2020, and December 31st, 2023.
E-scooters banned on public transport due to fire safety concerns

E-scooters banned on public transport due to fire safety concerns

Mon, 07 Oct, 2024

The ban includes those that can be folded and carried - but does not apply to e-bikes or mobility scooters.
Darragh's Soapbox: E-Scooters and E-Bikes

Darragh's Soapbox: E-Scooters and E-Bikes

Tue, 21 May, 2024

Darragh Murphy goes out on the streets of Waterford to get Déise views on issues of the day
Gardaí seize e-bikes and scramblers in major west Dublin operation

Gardaí seize e-bikes and scramblers in major west Dublin operation

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024

Cash, cannabis and tablets were also seized.
Number of people who have died in accidents involving e-scooters double in last three years

Number of people who have died in accidents involving e-scooters double in last three years

Mon, 30 Oct, 2023

Choral music facilitator Mary Amond O’Brien was struck by an e-scooter last week on a footpath in Carlow town.

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