The call for stronger regulations around e-scooters is getting louder.
754 of such vehicles were seized by Gardaí nationwide in the first three months of this year, marking a 440% increase on the same period in 2025.
Fianna Fáil TD Shane Moynihan says the figures highlight the need for continued enforcement against the dangerous and antisocial use of e-scooters, e-bikes, scramblers and quad bikes.
Yesterday, we heard from Fr Tom Little who led the Funeral Mass of the Carlow teenager who died following last week’s incident on Carpenter’s Way. While another man aged in his twenties was injured earlier this week while travelling on his e-scooter in Graiguecullen.
Now it seems Cllr Fintan Phelan raised the topic at yesterday afternoon’s meeting of the county’s Local Community Safety Partnership;
