{"id":303853,"date":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303853\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:02:11","slug":"live-limerick-motorists-warned-of-delays-following-rush-hour-collision-on-busy-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303853\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE: Limerick motorists warned of delays following rush-hour collision on busy road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOTORISTS in Limerick city are being warned to expect delays following a collision on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/576\/motoring-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">busy commuter route<\/a> this Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services, including a number of units from Limerick Fire and Rescue service, the National Ambulance Service and gardai are attending the incident, which occurred close to Punch&#8217;s Cross.<\/p>\n<p>The alarm was raised shortly after 6pm and the scene of the incident &#8211; at the junction of Ballinacurra Road and Childers Road &#8211; has been sealed off and remains closed to road users.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/home\/2017299\/car-overturns-during-multiple-vehicle-collision-in-middle-of-limerick-town.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Car overturns during multiple-vehicle collision in middle of Limerick town<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outbound traffic is being diverted onto Childers Road while all inbound traffic is being stopped by emergency services and turned back.<\/p>\n<p>Exact details of what happened remain unclear and it&#8217;s not know, at this stage, if anybody has been seriously injured in the collision.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/20260217_183751-1771354562041.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"628\" height=\"1080\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understood at least one vehicle was involved in the collision but this has not been confirmed by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>There is no indication as to when the road will reopen and motorists are being asked to avoid the area, if possible.<\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOTORISTS in Limerick city are being warned to expect delays following a collision on a busy commuter route&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,44,43,24879,3011],"class_list":{"0":"post-303853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-limerick-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-road-closure","14":"tag-traffic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303853","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=303853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}