{"id":599364,"date":"2026-08-20T17:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/599364\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:26:10","slug":"delays-of-up-to-90-minutes-expected-after-signalling-issue-with-irish-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/599364\/","title":{"rendered":"Delays of up to 90 minutes expected after signalling issue with Irish Rail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major signalling issue is causing congestion and delays of up to 90 minutes, according to Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:52pm they posted on X saying: &#8220;Major signalling issue between Lansdowne and Donabate. Staff are working to rectify this matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They said the issue is causing major delays, which began at 25 minutes but have since increased to 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest update said: &#8220;Services are beginning to resume between Donabate and Lansdowne Rd in both directions following a major signalling issue. Delays of up to +90mins Alterations will be made to aid service recovery. Knock-on delays can be expected due to severe congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann said the affected services include:<\/p>\n<p>-DART<\/p>\n<p>-Belfast<\/p>\n<p>-Northern Commuter<\/p>\n<p>-Sligo<\/p>\n<p>-Rosslare<\/p>\n<p>-Maynooth<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/dail-recall-over-fuel-interventions-under-review-minister-says-1942046.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/dail-recall-over-fuel-interventions-under-review-minister-says-1942046.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9da5f160-ac2a-405b-9cef-2c20a1dcd9bb.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"D\u00e1il Recall Over Fuel Interventions 'Under Review', Minister Says\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e1il recall over fuel interventions &#8216;under review&#8217;, minister says<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>-M3 Parkway\/Hazelhatch<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Services are beginning to resume between Donabate and Lansdowne Rd in both directions following a major signalling issue.<\/p>\n<p>Please note:<br \/>Delays of up to +90mins<br \/>Alterations will be made to aid service recovery<br \/>Knock-on delays can be expected due to severe congestion. -AD <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ih6UckojOM\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ih6UckojOM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann (@IrishRail) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IrishRail\/status\/2090426983343661519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Due to the congestion, other lines will be impacted, but Irish Rail says services are resuming between Donabate and Lansdowne Road in Dublin in both directions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major signalling issue is causing congestion and delays of up to 90 minutes, according to Iarnr\u00f3d \u00c9ireann.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599365,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-599364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599364","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=599364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}