{"id":578238,"date":"2026-08-01T03:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578238\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T03:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T03:21:14","slug":"galway-m6-incident-live-as-lanes-reopened-after-two-vehicle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/578238\/","title":{"rendered":"Galway M6 incident LIVE as lanes reopened after two vehicle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gardai at a previous scene on a closed road\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3_WhatsApp-Image-2023-07-26-at-072943jpeg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LIVEUpdated 10 hours ago<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred along a busy stretch with a long diversion in place for around two hours<\/p>\n<p>Gardai at a previous scene on a closed road<\/p>\n<p>Updated 17:41, 31 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gardai attended the scene of a road traffic collision along the M6 motorway in east Co Galway this afternoon Friday 31 July 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The incident occurred after 3pm on Friday 31 July with Garda\u00ed rushing to the scene and closing a lane to traffic. Th<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Galway Beo understands the incident involved two vehicles, one of which is understood to be a lorry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Garda\u00ed are currently diverting traffic through Loughrea off the affected section of motorway. The route has since reopened and the diversion is no longer in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Galway Beo has contacted An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na for an update on the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This is a LIVE BLOG and updates will appear below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Join Galway Beo&#8217;s top stories and breaking news service on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Click <a aria-label=\"this linkLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/JKzaGg32BJ54ycVuIghN2y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a> to receive breaking news and the latest headlines direct to your phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">If you\u2019re curious, you can read our<a aria-label=\" Privacy NoticeLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reachplc.com\/site-services\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\"> Privacy Notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>31st Jul17:30 BST<\/p>\n<p>The lane has been cleared and the diversion is no longer in place<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The scene has been cleared<\/p>\n<p>31st Jul16:27 BST<\/p>\n<p>M6 crash on 31 July 2026 has caused diversion in place near Ballinasloe<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0_M6-crash-on-31-July-2026-has-caused-diversion-in-place-near-Ballinasloe.jpg\" \/>Follow Galway Beo:<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIVEUpdated 10 hours ago The incident occurred along a busy stretch with a long diversion in place for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,61,60,243835,43],"class_list":["post-578238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-m6","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578238","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=578238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}