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Wrong-way driving most common on M50 and M7
Situations where vehicles are found driving on the wrong side of a motorway set to reach record high this year
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- The Irish Times
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- Ireland
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- 26 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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- Hugh Dooley
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Situations where vehicles are found driving on the wrong side of a motorway set to reach record high this year
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Wrong-way driving most common on M50 and M7
Situations where vehicles are found driving on the wrong side of a motorway set to reach record high this year
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M50 and M7 have had the highest number of wrong-way driving incidents since 2019
Situations where vehicles are found driving on the wrong side of a motorway set to reach record high this year
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