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Morning traffic and travel: northbound Darts suspended after vehicle strikes level crossing; collisions on M50 and M7

Northbound Darts have been suspended after a vehicle struck a level crossing this morning.

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Motorway madness – what’s the point of speed limits if people don’t observe them?

I DON’T know about you, but I increasingly find myself being left behind even when I am going at or near the permitted legal speed.

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Deers, dogs and ducklings on the M50 have all lead to delays on our the Nation's busiest road

From ducklings in danger to multi-vehicle pile-ups, not a day goes by without an incident of some kind on the M50.

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M50 lanes reopened after multi-vehicle collision

A section of the M50 has reopened after a multi vehicle collision this afternoon.

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Taxi driver killed instantly after car veered off M50 into back of parked truck ‘for no apparent reason’

A taxi driver died after his car veered off the M50 in Dublin for no apparent reason and crashed into a broken-down truck parked on the hard shoulder, an inquest has heard.

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Morning travel: M50 back to normal after earlier chaos

Traffic on and around the M50 is largely back to normal after earlier chaos.

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Tommy Tiernan in Somalia: We can do better – and we must

I left Luuq, a town in Gedo region in southern Somalia, at noon. Twenty-four hours later I was on the M50 in Dublin. I’m not sure how many thousands of miles I travelled but I do know the length of time it took me to do it. A day. Everything that I saw is just a day away.

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M50: All lanes reopen northbound after J11 following earlier collision

All lanes have reopened on the M50 northbound after junction 11, Tallaght, following a road traffic collision.

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Auto advice: Thinking of buying an electric car? Here are the government grants and tax breaks you can avail of

There are two types of government purchase supports available on electric cars: one in the form of vehicle registration tax (VRT) relief of up €5,000 and the other is a maximum grant of €5,000 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

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Lack of funding allocation puts N11/M11 plan on hold

The development of a controversial scheme to improve the N11/M11 has been shelved after no funding was allocated to it in 2022.

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Revealed: Mercedes, Land Rover and Lexus among cars seized from motorist over large M50 toll bills

A Lexus, a Land Rover Range Rover, a Mercedes Benz CLS and an Audi A5 are just four models of cars that were seized from motorists who last year racked up large bills concerning the non-payment on M50 tolls.

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Motorists left €816,000 behind them at Ireland’s toll booths by not taking their change

Irish motorists have left €816,000 in cash sitting at toll booths by overpaying for their car journey and not taking their change.