The mother of a teenager who was killed by a scrambler bike earlier this year has described new regulations that will make the use of scrambler bikes illegal in all public places as "bittersweet".
Siobhán Lynch has been campaigning for the introduction of Grace's Law since her daughter died in January.
This afternoon, Minister for Transport Darragh O'Brien signed the regulations into law, saying they will come into effect on Friday.
The measures honour the memory of Grace Lynch who was killed after she was hit by a scrambler bike in Finglas in Dublin.
"To know there's a law there, to know that Grace will always have that law and that she will be in the history books but to know that I had to bring a child into this world for this to happen, that's what makes it bittersweet for me," her mother said.
"I know going forward she is going to save so many lives. It's up to the public now and everybody else to enforce Grace's Law as well. It's not just down to the police, it's up to everybody now to."
Ms Lynch said she would also like to see a ban on vendors selling scrambler bikes.
"We are never going to stop looking for more measures. I don't like going out of my house anymore because I have to go out that entrance and I have to see where my baby died.
"I have to see it. I have the image of her in the hospital, I can only imagine her that day, the fear...so I want Grace to be remembered."
Ms Lynch said it is important that gardaí will be able to seize scrambler bikes going forward.
"I've had gardaí reach out in regards to not being able to do their job and if they pursue the scramblers they're being punished.
"I've been told that at this stage they are putting their hands up and saying 'what's the point'. The way I look at it is, that if the ban is going to be in place now I need reassurance, her dad needs reassurance, the country needs reassurance that the gardaí can do their jobs.
"That they can go after these scramblers to get them off our streets and there are no repercussions for them because it's not going to be a law in my eyes if they don't have the enforcements behind them."
