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Gardaí have appealed for witnesses following the death of a man after an e-scooter accident in Knocknacarra last weekend.

Councillor Alan Cheevers has called for urgent improvements to legislation governing e-scooters, describing the current situation as unacceptable following the death of a boy in Carlow amid increasing numbers of incidents involving their use.

City Councillor Terry O'Flaherty has warned of "an accident waiting to happen" on a popular walkway between Renmore and the city centre.

Young people riding e-scooters are tearing up the €800,000 playing pitches behind Westside library, and a local councillor wants the area fenced off.

A man who is accused of putting a nail-bar down his trousers in Woodies on the Headford Road and making no attempt to pay for it is also accused of stealing a pliers from Halford’s on the same day. He is also in custody on charges of using a lump hammer to break the lock of an e-scooter, and was again remanded in custody until the December 22 sitting of Galway District Court.

A MAN who, it is alleged, equipped himself with a large lump hammer and other tools to smash the locks of e-scooters over a weekend claimed he was looking for his son’s e-scooter when he was brought before Galway District Court.

His call comes as an alliance of five city authorities in the Netherlands – considered a global leader in cycling infrastructure – has called on the Dutch parliament to ban a number of high-speed electric bikes and scooters from using bicycle lanes, as well as increasing fines for travelling on footpaths.

Not many artists can say they are embarking on a solo tour around Ireland on a trusty 125cc scooter.

Roy Carroll was one of the best known characters of Galway City. As a resident musician in many city hotels in Eyre Square, he was forever the epitome of decorum, bedecked in his bow tie. He was known to many as the man on the scooter which he rode through the city while often carrying an open umbrella, Roy sadly passed away in early winter, but it would be remiss of the city to not pay tribute to this remarkable character with an even more remarkable back story. Because Roy Carroll was his stage name, not many knew that he was born Peter Salvatore Armonde Louis Volpe.

A west of Ireland road safety officer has issued a reminder that it is currently illegal to use a privately owned e-scooter on public roads, pavements or cycle paths.