A South East Clare mother is calling for new powers allowing for even lower speed limits in housing estates to be enforced.
Currently, local authorities can limit speeds to 30 kilometres per hour in residential areas, but new legislation will allow for that to be reduced to 20 kilometres per hour.
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Rita Malone's son Oran was knocked down in a housing estate in Ardnacrusha over a year ago and has suffered through a long recovery since.
Rita, who has worked with the Road Safety Authority to raise awareness of the need to curb speed in residential areas is appealing to road users to slow down in order to prevent the loss of a child's life.
