{"id":418696,"date":"2026-04-26T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418696\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:41:09","slug":"breaking-limerick-motorway-closed-after-lorry-carrying-heavy-machinery-leaves-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/418696\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Limerick motorway closed after lorry carrying heavy machinery leaves road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE M20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/limerickleader.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick<\/a> to Cork motorway is closed in both directions on the outskirts of the city this Sunday afternoon following a road traffic collision.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred close to Junction 4 Patrickswell around 1.30pm. The single-vehicle incident\u00a0 involved a lorry carrying heavy machinery and a number of cars.<\/p>\n<p>Gardai, Limerick Fire and Rescue Service and paramedics with the National Ambulance Service are all at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Following a query from Limerick Live, a garda spokesperson said gardai\u00a0and emergency services are currently at the scene of a single-vehicle road traffic collision involving a truck on the M20 near Junction 4 in County Limerick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There are no reports of injuries at this time.\u00a0Both sides of the motorway are closed with local diversions in place,&#8221; said a garda spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/motoring-news\/2070413\/breaking-what-more-can-this-family-take-limerick-cousin-of-scarlett-and-jason-faulkner-seriously-injured.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BREAKING: \u2018What more can this family take?\u2019: Limerick cousin of Scarlett and Jason Faulkner seriously injured<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are long traffic delays as a result. It is not known how long the motorway will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are advised to avoid the area where possible.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE M20 Limerick to Cork motorway is closed in both directions on the outskirts of the city this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,44,13811,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-418696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-limerick-city","11":"tag-m20","12":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418696","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=418696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}