Major tunnel used by thousands of Irish drivers in busy city to close TODAY for 'emergency' works after incident
ROAD ALERT Major tunnel used by thousands of Irish drivers in busy city to close TODAY for 'emergency' works after incident
A MAJOR tunnel used by thousands of Irish drivers is set to close for HOURS tonight for "emergency repairs" due to an incident.
The Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork will be closed from 10pm on Wednesday, August 13, to 5am on Thursday, August 14.
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The planned southbound closure is set to take place tonight
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Irish road users are being warned of a number of delays this morning
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The planned southbound closure is set to take place tonight.
The busy tunnel will also be closed from 10pm to 5am on August 14 and August 15.
And traffic bosses posted an update on social media warning of the southbound closures following an incident.
Posting on X, they said: "The Jack Lynch Tunnel will be closed tonight, Wednesday.
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"Southbound closure - 22:00 to 05:00.
"Note: Southbound closures for emergency repairs due to an incident."
And Irish motorists have been advised to plan their journeys ahead due to the closure.
Separately, Irish road users are being warned of a number of delays facing them on public transport across the country this morning.
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"Signalling issues" are causing major delays to public transport passengers in some areas, according to Rail bosses.
Services between Clonsilla and Coolmine are currently suspended as staff work to rectify the signalling issue.
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Irish Rail warned: "Staff are still on-site regarding the signalling issue and are working to resolve it.
"Some services are operating with delays of approximately 28 minutes.
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"Services on the M3 Parkway/Docklands service are operating between M3 Parkway/Clonsilla."
The 07:54am Maynooth to Bray service departing Maynooth was delayed by 24 minutes.
The 08:23am Pearse to Maynooth train will start from Connolly station this morning.
The 05:38am Longford to Pearse service will now terminate in Connolly.
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And the 08:04am Pearse to Maynooth train service will start from Connolly as a result.
Enterprise Train took to social media to warn commuters of delays this morning due to "disruptive passengers".
They said: "Due to disruptive passengers the 06:50 Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central is being delayed at Newry and is now expected to be 15 minutes late."
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The Jack Lynch Tunnel in Cork will be closed from 10pm on Wednesday, August 13, to 5am on Thursday, August 14
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