DRIVERS in Dublin are facing major delays this morning following an incident on a Irish busy motorway.
Commuters are also being impacted this morning on a number of public transport routes due to further delays and cancelations.
Transport Infrastructure Ireland warned that an incident on the M4 has caused significant delays getting into Dublin city this morning.
The incident saw a blown out tyre on the M4/N4 between Junction 2 Liffey and Junction N4/M50 Eastbound.
This saw lane one impacted for drivers.
The incident has since been cleared but delays remain in place for drivers.
There is also further congestion in Dublin this morning as the M1 south, M2 south, M3 south, M4 east and M7 east are all backed up.
There are also delays present on the M50 southbound, between Junction 6 and Junction 7.
BUS EIREANN DELAYS
There are a number of delays impacting Bus Eireann routes this morning.
Skehard Road will be closed to traffic from 9.30am until 6pm today, impacting the 202 route in both directions.
It now will be operating via Ringmahon Road.
Routes 214 and 216 will also be impacted by road closures until March 14, with South Main Street closed to traffic.
The 214 will see temporary stops at Clontarf Street, Anglesea Street (City Hall) and Sullivan’s Quay while the 216 will see one at Sullivan’s Quay.
Route 422 from Headford to Castlebar at 7.35 has been delayed by 45 minutes, while the 328 from Mitchelstown to Limerick at 6.30 is running 50 minutes behind schedule.
There have been a number of cancellations this morning also, with the 7.30am and 7.50am Dublin to Ratoath 103 cancelled, as well as the 8.40am Ratoath to Dublin.
The 7.15 Dublin to Cavan route 109X has been cancelled, as well as the 10.49am from Cavan to Dublin.
Route 115 from Mullingar to Maynooth at 7.10am and the 8.50am service from Enfield to Dublin have been cancelled.
The NX at 7.42am from Navan to Dublin is cancelled, with the D4 and D5 operating at a reduced frequency.
DUBLIN BUS
The work-to-rule industrial action that saw numerous Dublin Bus cancellations and delays this week has been suspended.
The dispute centres around engineering operatives who work in maintenance, refueling and cleaning and are seeking pay parity with fellow colleagues.
SIPTU said yesterday that the suspension period is to last seven days as both sides meet next week to resolve the dispute.
This week, the worse affected services included the 7, 14, 15, and E1.
And other impacted routes include the 9, 122, 39, and C1, which serve from Phibsborough.
From the Summerhill garage, the routes 120, 123, 15b and 41 are the worst affected.
Although these twelve are the worst hit, smaller garages and bus routes have also felt the impact of the action.
IRISH RAIL
A number of rail services this morning are operating with a reduced capacity this morning.
Due to operational issues, services between Dublin Connolly and Maynooth have seen most of the impact, with services to Drogheda, Limerick, Portlaoise, Westport and Newbridge also impacted.
Despite disruption in capacity, there have been no reports of cancellations or delays.
