{"id":232267,"date":"2026-01-07T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/232267\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:32:10","slug":"traffic-delays-as-multi-vehicle-collision-forces-road-closure-on-limerick-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/232267\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic delays as multi-vehicle collision forces road closure on Limerick motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THERE has been two collisions on the M7 Ballysimon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/575\/motoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">motorway<\/a> this morning forcing the closure of a section of the busy route.<\/p>\n<p>A collision occurred around 8.48am on Wednesday between junction 30 and junction 29 on the M20 eastbound.<\/p>\n<p>A second multi-vehicle collision occurred around 9.21am on Wednesday between junction 29 (N24) Ballysimon and junction 30 on the M20 westbound.<\/p>\n<p>Transport Infrastructure Ireland has advised motorists to expect delays to their journey. Consider a different journey route or start time. When approaching the collision location, drive with caution, reduce your speed and obey instructions from emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/planning\/1981926\/trees-growing-out-of-it-ex-garda-station-in-limerick-city-left-facing-a-big-rebuild.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;Trees growing out of it&#8217;: Ex-garda station in Limerick city left facing a big rebuild<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garda\u00ed and emergency services are currently at the scene of the road traffic collisions that occurred on the M7 motorway on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The M7 motorway is closed at Junction 29 in both directions at this time. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THERE has been two collisions on the M7 Ballysimon motorway this morning forcing the closure of a section&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63140,61,60,10143,118710,43,16206],"class_list":{"0":"post-232267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ballysimon","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-m7","12":"tag-n18","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-roads"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}