Calls for Kildare County Council to provide update on progress of 'Jake's Law' in housing estates

Kildare County Council is being asked to detail its progress in applying Jake's Law across the county to reduce speed limits in housing estates to 30 kilometres per hour.

It is understood that Jake's Law is currently in place in just over 30 estates in Co Kildare. Jake's Law was implemented after a campaign by the parents of a young boy, Jake Brennan, who died after being hit by a car outside his home in a Co Kilkenny housing estate, in 2014, at the age of six.

Fianna Fáil Cllr., Naoise Ó Cearúil, is asking to know how the application of the law throughout the Maynooth MD is progressing. He is also asking that the council carry out a road safety review of the bend on the Dunboyne Road and an action plan is devised to address any issues.

The motions will be heard at this Friday's meeting.