Car drives off M50 bridge, causing closure and major traffic disruption
Motorway reopens as gardaí attempt to establish how incident occurred
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- 26 Aug 2026, 16:29 UTC
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 26 Aug 2026, 18:36 UTC
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- Byline
- Ronan McGreevy, Katie Mellett
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Motorway reopens as gardaí attempt to establish how incident occurred
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Car drives off M50 bridge, causing closure and major traffic disruption
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- 26 Aug 2026, 19:14 UTC
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