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62 PEOPLE WERE injured last year in accidents involving off-road vehicles like scrambler bikes.
The new figures, released by the HSE to independent Dublin TD Tommy Broughan in response to a parliamentary question, come at a time when such vehicles are firmly under the microscope.
Earlier this month, Armenian man Ilabek Avetian suffered devastating injuries after being struck by a scrambler while sunbathing with his wife in a park in Darndale on the city’s northside.
Avetian lost an eye and suffered brain injuries as a result of the crash, with the public coming together to raise €30,000 for him and his wife once his story came to light.
The figure of 62 for 2017 is actually less than the 71 people injured in 2016 by scramblers and quad bikes, but a deal greater than the 56 people hurt in 2015.
“Last week I called on the gardaí and local authorities to take action against those misusing scramblers, quads and off-road vehicles,” Broughan said today.
Today we know that an average of 63 people have been injured each year over the past three years. This is not an insignificant number,” he said.
It would have been useful to have further information on these injuries and people injured but for it to be to an extent where one is admitted to an acute hospital then it is serious enough.
The TD had asked for breakdown by age of those injured and county of residence but was told such a breakdown was not possible.
“As the mornings and evenings become darker action must be urgently taken,” Broughan added.
As I have said before.
It is not ultimately a food crisis but an overpopulation issue in a region of our planet which cannott sustain such a large amount of people.
Birthcontrol and education are crucial in resolving this.
U hit the nail on the head. This is not like the Irish famine . Ireland has always being able to grow enough food. It’s having too many children in desert areas
This is not just a contraception issue, its also a cultural issue.
I work in maternity services and we have many African women having 12 or 13 children. These women and their husbands do not work and are a massive drain on this country.
You cannot expect people who are starving to go look for condoms when what they actually want is a bigger family as its ‘part of their culture’ to have massive families. It will take much more and years of education.
In work 2 weeks ago, I dealt with 2 African ladies, one pregnant with her 13th child and another pregnant with her 11th. 2 African women having the same number of children as 11-12 Irish women is not going to help Ireland.
I am only seeing this thread now, sorry…!
I interviewed Sorcha Nic Mhathúna Oxfam’s Communications Consultant on the crisis on Raidió na Life last month. I will be interviewing her again for an update. The interview below is in Irish but I plan to cover it as Béarla also next week.
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