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HIGH-VISIBILITY jackets are to be circulated among rural pubs in a bid to reduce the numbers of pedestrians and cyclists being killed on Irish roads.

Pedestrians are the second most vulnerable group of road users, with a 2003 study showing that almost 10 per cent of those killed were intoxicated and lying on the road when they were hit.