{"id":421744,"date":"2026-04-28T14:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/421744\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:25:08","slug":"one-person-hospitalised-as-cork-jack-lynch-tunnel-crash-closes-southbound-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/421744\/","title":{"rendered":"One person hospitalised as Cork Jack Lynch Tunnel crash closes southbound lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A person has been taken to hospital following a collision near the Jack Lynch Tunnel, as garda\u00ed advise that the southbound lane remains closed this lunchtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> Garda\u00ed and emergency services are currently at the scene of the collision, which occurred near the tunnel earlier today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> While details of the number of vehicles involved are yet to be released, garda\u00ed have confirmed that one person was taken to hospital as a result of the collision for treatment of injuries that are believed to be non-life-threatening at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> Speaking to  The Echo, a spokesperson for An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said that northbound traffic in the Jack Lynch Tunnel has since reopened. However, the southbound traffic lane is currently closed but is expected to open shortly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> \u201cMotorists are advised to avoid the area and make alternative traffic arrangements,\u201d the garda spokesperson said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A person has been taken to hospital following a collision near the Jack Lynch Tunnel, as garda\u00ed advise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-421744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421744","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=421744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}