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05 Sept 2025

Chaos for commuters as morning crash on major Dublin road causes traffic delays

An crash on the M1 between Junction 5, Balbriggan, and Junction 4, Donabate, is blocking a lane of the southbound carriageway.

Chaos for commuters as morning crash on major Dublin road causes traffic delays

Dublin commuters are facing another morning of traffic delays due to a collision on a major route heading towards the capital.

An incident on the M1 between Junction 5, Balbriggan, and Junction 4, Donabate, is blocking lane two of the southbound carriageway. Extremely heavy queues are building back across the Meath border to Junction 7, Stamullen.

LiveDrive have reports that traffic is extremely slow from Junction 7 – Julianstown to after Junction 5 – Balbriggan adding that this is due to a collision near Lusk Service Station.

Other routes approaching Dublin experiencing delays include delays on the M50 between Junction 4 and Junction 12 southbound.

Traffic is also building on the M3 southbound, the M4 eastbound, the M7 eastbound and the M11 northbound.

Heavy delays are also building on the N4 Eastbound, heading towards the M50, amid reports of a collision before Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. TII cameras show that things are coming to a crawl just before Junction 3, Ballyowen.

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