Part of M50 at standstill after crash, with motorists told to avoid area

The incident took place on the M50 southbound at roughly 6.50am between Junction 12 – Firhouse and Junction 13 – Dundrum with the left lane, middle and hard shoulder partially blocked.

Traffic is at a complete standstill from before Junction 9 – Red Cow to after Junction 12 – Firhouse and building rapidly. Motorists are being advised to avoid the area., Irish Rail has also announced that a number of services are delayed as follows:

• The 7.12 Connolly to Drogheda service has departed 7 minutes behind schedule
• The 07:07 Maynooth to GCD service has departed Maynooth and is operating approximately 11 minutes behind schedule due to a technical issue onboard
• The 06:50 Connolly to Portadown service has departed Connolly station approximately 16 minutes behind schedule

More to follow…