{"id":386956,"date":"2026-04-07T21:10:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:10:07","slug":"car-lands-right-in-the-middle-of-busy-limerick-roundabout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386956\/","title":{"rendered":"Car lands right in the middle of busy Limerick roundabout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A MOTORIST, who hit the brakes too late, landed in the middle of a roundabout on the outskirts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> city.<\/p>\n<p>The single vehicle road traffic collision occurred at Morrison\u2019s roundabout on the Ballysimon \/ N24 Tipperary Road on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>A video of the incident, which has been widely shared on social media, shows the aftermath of the incident with the vehicle in the middle of the busy roundabout.<\/p>\n<p>There are no reports of any serious injuries being suffered by the driver or passengers in the car.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/on-the-road\/2056513\/what-needs-to-be-done-must-be-done-people-of-limerick-react-to-fuel-crisis-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8216;What needs to be done must be done&#8217;: People of Limerick react to fuel crisis protest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na&#8217;s extensive Roads Policing Operation over Easter has concluded. It was in place from 7am on Thursday, April 2 until 7am this Tuesday morning, April 7 to ensure road safety during the bank holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this period, there were three fatalities on our roads, and five serious injury collisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn excess of 175 drivers were detected for intoxicated driving and in excess of 4,000 drivers were detected for speeding during the operation,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Fixed Charge Penalty Notices issued for other road offences during this period included in excess of 290 for using mobile phones and over 95 for no seatbelts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na continues to appeal to all road users to never drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs, to slow down and to always choose a speed that is appropriate to the driving conditions, to wear your seatbelt and keep your eyes always on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrivers should continue to give driving their full attention, slow down and take extra care,\u201d said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A MOTORIST, who hit the brakes too late, landed in the middle of a roundabout on the outskirts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63140,61,60,44,32066,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-386956","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-limerick-city","12":"tag-n24","13":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386956","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=386956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}