{"id":556701,"date":"2026-07-18T23:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/556701\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:40:18","slug":"serious-traffic-congestion-in-west-mayo-town-creating-big-local-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/556701\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious traffic congestion in west Mayo town creating big local concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784418018_389_imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io.jpeg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Traffic congestion in at Newport.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Sat 18 Jul 2026, 5:42 PM\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n        Last updated:<br \/>\n        Sat 18 Jul 2026, 5:50 PM\n      <\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Road users from Westport and Castlebar direction are experiencing severe traffic congestion and delays of one hour and more in Newport today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">This is due to the volumes of traffic in the Mulranny\/Achill direction since this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Garda\u00ed have been informed and locals have serious concerns about the accessibility of emergency vehicles &#8211; ambulance and fire brigade as this congestion is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Sat 18 Jul 2026, 5:42 PM\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n        Last updated:<br \/>\n        Sat 18 Jul 2026, 5:50 PM\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traffic congestion in at Newport. Published: Sat 18 Jul 2026, 5:42 PM Last updated: Sat 18 Jul 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-556701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556701","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=556701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}