Dr Kate McCann also urged parents not to buy retinol or other unsuitable products for young skin, just because they have been advertised on social media.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) have released an ad warning of the dangers of e-scooters.

Doctors at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Crumlin and the Department of Paediatrics at Trinity College examined four cases in which young teenagers were injured in the weeks after Christmas.

Overall injury rates are continuing to increase due to the growing popularity of e-scooters

32 per cent have been involved in a near miss, with all reported collisions involving men.

Eva OsborneFollowing searches in the Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) West area, gardaí seized more than €75,000 worth of controlled drugs on Thursday.

The 16-year-old, who cannot be named because he is a minor, appeared at Dublin District Court on Saturday

Gardaí have seized motorbikes, e-scooters, e-bikes and shotgun cartridges in an operation targeting criminal acitivity

A new study found fewer than one in 10 individuals who attended hospital following a fall or collision involving the devices was wearing protective headgear.

Four e-scooter riders were killed and 117 seriously injured on Irish roads between January 1st, 2020, and December 31st, 2023.

The ban includes those that can be folded and carried - but does not apply to e-bikes or mobility scooters.

Cash, cannabis and tablets were also seized.

Choral music facilitator Mary Amond O’Brien was struck by an e-scooter last week on a footpath in Carlow town.