Grace Lynch died after being hit by a scrambler bike in Finglas

An overwhelming majority of people support a ban on scrambler bikes on public roads following the death of Dublin teenager Grace Lynch last weekend, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll shows.

Ninety-four per cent of those surveyed agreed a ban should be brought in, 4pc did not agree and 2pc said they were not sure.

Junior Transport Minister Seán Canney has denied that swift government moves to ban scrambler motorbikes from public roads and parks is a knee-jerk reaction to the teenager’s death.

Grace (16) was hit by a scrambler in Finglas as she crossed the Ratoath Road at a pedestrian crossing.

At a public gathering of remembrance last Monday, her mother, Siobhán, vowed to campaign for a ban on scrambler bikes.

She also said watching her daughter “take her last breath was the worst pain imaginable”.

There was another demonstration at Clonkeen Park in Deansgrange, south Dublin yesterday.

Keith Lee, of Parkview Drive, Poppintree Park, Ballymun, the driver of the scrambler that hit Grace, appeared before Blanchardstown District Court last Tuesday charged with dangerous driving causing Grace’s death.

Labour Leader Ivana Bacik, who first called for scramblers to be banned in 2018, said the Government must outline how the new ban will be implemented and how gardaí will “practically” remove scrambler bikes from owners.