There was traffic chaos in Dublin on Monday morning as drivers battled poor weather conditions in the Irish capital.
Despite Dublin not being under any Met Eireann weather warning on Sunday night, the Leinster county was met with heavy rain and strong winds on September 29.
Waking up to patches of rain and drizzle for their morning commute, drivers faced congested traffic and delays in many part of Dublin on Monday morning, September 30.
The worst affected area of the slow-moving traffic was the M50 J11, Tallaght, where a collision affected Lane 3’s Central Median shortly after 8am.
A separate collision, which has since been cleared, happened on the M50 between J03 – M1/M50 and J04, Ballymun Soutbound, similarly affecting the road’s Central Median.
According to TII Motorway Traffic Control Centre, the M1 S, M2 S, M3 S, M4 E and M7 were all experiencing delays.
Additionally, there were delays on the M50 between J05 and J07 Southbound.
Other collisions occurred earlier in the morning on the M8 between the J12, Mitchekstown North, and the J11, Cahir South, on the M11/N11 between J09, Glen, and J08, Kilmacanoge, as well as on the M11/N11 near Delgany.
Restrictions are in place on St Mary’s Place North both ways between Mountjoy Street and R135, on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay both ways between Benson Street and R813 Cardiff Lane, on New Wapping Street both ways between R101, Sheriff Street Upper, and R801, North Wall Quay, and on the R131 both ways in Ringsend.
Drivers will be hoping that the weather picking up as the day progresses leads to some less stressful traveling conditions.
A Met Eireann forecaster said: ‘Mostly cloudy in Dublin on Monday morning with patchy rain and drizzle moving in from the northwest. Any rain or drizzle will largely clear during the afternoon with the chance of some sunny spells developing.
‘Highest temperatures of 12 to 14C in moderate northwest winds.’
