{"id":272215,"date":"2026-01-30T16:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/272215\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:44:15","slug":"mad-youngsters-full-of-bravado-and-daredevil-behaviour-grace-lynch-funeral-hears-priests-call-for-action-on-scrambler-bikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/272215\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mad youngsters full of bravado and daredevil behaviour\u2019 – Grace Lynch funeral hears priest\u2019s call for action on scrambler bikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grace Lynch (16) was killed after she was struck by scrambler bike in Finglas, north Dublin\n<\/p>\n

Fr Seamus Aherne was speaking to mourners in attendance at the funeral of \u201cfriend to everyone\u201d,Grace Lynch (16), at St Oliver Plunkett\u2019s Church in Finglas, north Dublin, this morning.<\/p>\n

Grace died after being struck by a scrambler on Ratoath Road in Finglas about 2.20pm last Sunday, January 25 after stepping onto a pedestrian crossing on a green light to cross the road. <\/p>\n

She was rushed to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown but later died from her injuries.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The funeral cortege of Grace Lynch passes St Michael’s secondary school as students release ballons into the sky. Picture by Mark Condren<\/p>\n

During her funeral service, her boyfriend Harry laid her jewellery box at the altar in her memory, while two of her classmates from St Michael\u2019s Holy Faith school placed a school jumper and a self-portrait she had drawn. <\/p>\n

Fr Aherne shared the tributes paid by her closest family, including parents Siobh\u00e1n and Martin, who described her as \u201cso laid-back that she was almost horizontal\u201d and who \u201cwatched rubbish on the iPad and laughed herself silly\u201d.<\/p>\n

The mass heard further tributes from Grace\u2019s grandmother, Dolores, who described Grace as \u201calways having time for everyone\u201d and \u201cnever-condemning\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"Teenager<\/p>\n

Teenager Grace Lynch, who was killed in a crash with a scrambler bike on Sunday<\/p>\n

Classmates from St Michael\u2019s joked that she had \u201cvery crazy\u201d musical tastes such as Oasis, The Carpenters and The Cranberries.<\/p>\n

Addressing the tragic circumstances of her death, Fr Aherne expressed his concern at the manner in which she lost her life. <\/p>\n

\u201cThose motorbikes racing around our community are dangerous,\u201d he said to those gathered. \u201cThose mad youngsters full of bravado and daredevil behaviour, screaming around and weaving through the traffic will kill and be killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it’s not just the motorbikes \u2013 those driving around on e-scooters at present in black clothes without lights and no high-vis jackets will kill and will be killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The funeral cortege of Grace Lynch passes St Michael’s secondary school as students release ballons into the sky. Picture by Mark Condren<\/p>\n

He pleaded with those in power to enact \u201ca single, simple change\u201d to prevent further avoidable deaths such as Grace’s from occurring in this country again.<\/p>\n

Grace\u2019s mother Siobh\u00e1n spoke out the day after her death where she pledged to \u201cfight\u201d to ban scrambler bikes and e-scooters.<\/p>\n

Joined by more than a thousand mourners on Monday, Siobh\u00e1n traced the route her daughter walked before she was killed.<\/p>\n

\"Siobhan<\/p>\n

Siobhan Lynch (front centre) is the mother of teenage girl Grace who died after a scrambler crash in north Dublin (Grainne Ni Aodha\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cJustice for Grace, justice for my daughter,\u201d Ms Lynch said as she walked.<\/p>\n

\u201cJustice for Grace, get the scramblers off the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keith Lee, with an address at Parkview Drive, Poppintree Park, Ballymun, was the driver of the scrambler that hit Grace.<\/p>\n

Mr Lee appeared in Blanchardstown District Court on Tuesday charged with dangerous driving causing Grace\u2019s death at Ratoath Road, Finglas, on January 25.<\/p>\n

The court was told that Mr Lee was travelling at a speed \u201cnot less than 85km\u201d in a 50kmh zone when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grace Lynch (16) was killed after she was struck by scrambler bike in Finglas, north Dublin Fr Seamus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,1286,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-272215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-keith-kelly","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}