Grace Lynch

Grace Lynch died on Sunday 25 January 2026 after being hit by a scrambler motorbike while she was crossing the Ratoath Road in the Scribblestown area of Finglas, Dublin 11. Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of a serious road traffic collision involving a motorcycle that was in collision with the girl in the Scribblestown area of Finglas, at about 2.20pm as she walked on a pedestrian crossing. She was walking on the Ratoath road to meet her boyfriend Harry when the collision happened. Two teenagers on the bike were treated for non life threatening injuries.

She was brought to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown where she died from her injuries. A statement from Grace's mother, Siobhan Lynch, was read to the coroner's court, noting she had identified Grace's body at Connolly Hospital on Sunday evening, January 25th. The inquest into her death heard that she died from multiple traumatic injuries due to a road traffic collision.

A teenage girl who died after sustaining catastrophic injuries in an incident involving a scrambler bike was named locally as Grace Lynch, with the sixteen year old dying in hospital on the Sunday evening. The following evening, hundreds of people, including school friends, neighbours and people who had never met her, gathered in Finglas. Large crowds gathered for a vigil, retracing a route walked by Grace on the day she died, with a crowd of friends, neighbours and locals gathering at Plunkett Green, where they released pink balloons into the air. Her mother thanked people for coming out for the walk, and said watching her daughter take her last breath was the worst pain imaginable.

An eighteen year old man, Keith Lee of Park View Drive, Poppintree Park, Dublin 11, appeared at Blanchardstown District Court charged with an offence under section 53 of dangerous driving causing the death of another person. A garda gave evidence of his arrest, charge and caution, and said Mr Lee made no reply when charged with the offence. The garda objected to bail on the basis that Mr Lee had been accused of an extremely serious offence which carried a maximum penalty of ten years in prison. Court reports since have said he is considering how to plead, and the case is continuing, with no trial date yet confirmed.

Funeral details were announced for the sixteen year old in the days after her death, with Keith Lee appearing before Blanchardstown District Court charged with dangerous driving causing Grace's death at Ratoath Road in Finglas. In the months since, her parents have continued to campaign publicly for restrictions on scrambler bikes. Her mother said watching her daughter's last breath was the worst pain imaginable, and that in order for Grace's Law to work, gardai need to receive pursuit training. New regulations banning scramblers outright in public places became known as Grace's Law, following the January death of Grace Lynch.