{"id":300027,"date":"2026-02-15T22:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/300027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:56:07","slug":"breaking-minibus-flips-on-its-side-in-serious-limerick-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/300027\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Minibus flips on its side in serious Limerick collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MINIBUS flipped on it side in a serious collision in County <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> this Sunday afternoon, Limerick Live has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The driver side airbag was deployed due to the force of the collision which occurred on the School Road between Lisnagry and Castleconnell. A photo of the aftermath was sent to Limerick Live.<\/p>\n<p>Gardai, Limerick Fire and Rescue Service and paramedics with the National Ambulance Service all responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Following a media query from Limerick Live, a garda spokesperson said garda\u00ed were &#8220;alerted after a van overturned on a local road at Ballinacourty, County Limerick shortly after 4pm&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The sole occupant of the van, an adult male, was medically assessed at the scene.\u00a0A full report is awaited,&#8221; said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/home\/2015921\/update-fatal-limerick-hit-and-run-collision-victim-named-as-gardai-follow-definite-line-of-inquiry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fatal Limerick hit-and-run collision victim named as gardai follow &#8216;definite line of inquiry&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is understood the driver did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>There are reports of heavy hail showers in the area at the time.<\/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":"A MINIBUS flipped on it side in a serious collision in County Limerick this Sunday afternoon, Limerick Live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,18997,2177,61,60,124252,43],"class_list":["post-300027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-castleconnell","tag-county-limerick","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lisnagry","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300027","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=300027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}