It’s past time for parents to make some smart choices

Written by Dr. Kate McCann
4th July 2026

  “I’m not ready to go!” My son put up a small protest being taken home from the skate park yesterday evening. However, home we went.

Why? Why not let him stay? It’s a beautiful evening, summer break, it’s physical activity…? I am, of course, a positively horrible mother: I wanted to get my son — on his tiny old-school-push-scooter — out of the way of young boys who had shown up on e-scooters.

If you are a parent and there is both an e-scooter AND a human under the age of 16 in your home: it’s time to make some smart decisions — and maybe buy a good lock. No one ever told you this parenting thing would be easy.

I can’t imagine anyone reading this does not already know the law. That you don’t already know that there have been deaths and serious injuries among children and teens. I can’t tell you anything new. But my colleagues have said it better than I can.

Full report from RTÉ: https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0703/1581581-gardai-escooters/

 

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