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# m50 - Saturday 25 January, 2020
How many drivers were hit with fines totalling €266k for not paying M50 tolls? It's the week in numbers
Plus: The number of people who have applied for a job on the Great Blasket Island.
# m50 - Monday 20 January, 2020
28 motorists fined a total of €266,000 for not paying M50 tolls
The private car owner with the highest amount of unpaid charges had been sent 1,176 warning letters and was fined €15,000.
# m50 - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
Motorcyclist killed following collision on M50
The incident happened at around 8 o’clock this morning.
Motorcyclist in critical condition in hospital following M50 collision
Gardaí are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward.
# m50 - Sunday 17 November, 2019
Criminal gang targeting cars parked at five-a-side football pitches located near M50
At least seven areas have been targeted in recent months.
# m50 - Wednesday 13 November, 2019
Dublin commuter delays: A crash on the M50 and a truck hits railway bridge
There are also delays of up to 10 minutes on the Luas Green Line and Red Line services.
# m50 - Monday 21 October, 2019
More than 20 motorists hit with fines totalling €205,000 for unpaid M50 toll charges
One man faced allegations of 1,139 unpaid trips.
# m50 - Monday 23 September, 2019
Traffic moving on Dublin's M50 again after skip blocks northbound lanes
Emergency services and M50 services attended the scene.
# m50 - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Garda injured after suspect flees scene on M50 and arrested following pursuit
Cocaine worth an estimated €10,000 was also seized in the incident.
# m50 - Saturday 17 August, 2019
Busier roads mean more crashes on the M50, but what junctions see the most serious collisions?
New figures spell out where incidents take place in the busy ring road.
# m50 - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
Criminal charges being considered over death of woman following M50 crash
Jacqueline Griffin died following a collision on the Junction 5 slip road in Finglas on 24 January 2019.
# m50 - Monday 22 July, 2019
Over 2,600 eFlow customers double charged last month
The company said it was due to a ‘system processing error’.
# m50 - Thursday 13 June, 2019
Delays expected after part of M1-M50 slip road closed due to HGV breakdown
Delays have built back to Dublin Airport.
# m50 - Thursday 11 April, 2019
'Rubberneckers are causing delays': Crash on M50 northbound causes brief closure
The section of the motorway has been reopened but delays remain.
# m50 - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
Fines totalling more than €126k in court crackdown on M50 toll dodgers
The penalties yesterday ranged from €2,500 to €15,000.
# m50 - Monday 25 February, 2019
Motorcyclist killed in crash near Dublin's Port Tunnel
The collision happened at 10am this morning.
# m50 - Monday 28 January, 2019
People doctoring M50 crash images to avoid Facebook's filters and upload online, TD says
Images of the crash are still being shared on social media by escaping the filters set up to block them, Hildegarde Naughton said.
# m50 - Friday 25 January, 2019
'The loss of a loved one is traumatic enough without this': People asked to report photos of fatal M50 crash
The woman in her 30s who was killed in the incident has been named as Jackie Griffin.
# m50 - Thursday 24 January, 2019
Woman in her 30s killed and man injured in multiple vehicle crash on the M50
Gardaí appealed to the public not to share images of the crash site online.
# m50 - Sunday 20 January, 2019
M50 fully reopens after being closed due to incident, heavy traffic remains
The road was closed in both directions between Junction 12 and Junction 13 as a result of the incident.
# m50 - Thursday 15 November, 2018
Man who damaged M50 toll gantry with angle grinder before threatening gardaí jailed for six months
It was the second time that the accused had damaged an M50 toll gantry.
# m50 - Friday 26 October, 2018
Traffic on M50 northbound at a standstill following crash and earlier breakdown
There are very heavy delays.
# m50 - Thursday 25 October, 2018
Heavy traffic on M50 after collision at J11 Tallaght
A Dublin Fire Brigade crew extinguished a car fire.
# m50 - Thursday 11 October, 2018
Over 5,000 accidents on M50 since 2017
More than 2,000 cars broke down over a 21 month period.
# m50 - Wednesday 5 September, 2018
Multiple-vehicle collision on M50 has been cleared
The incident happened at Junction 13 near Dundrum, according to gardaí.
# m50 - Saturday 21 July, 2018
M50 southbound closed after horsebox overturns
The truck overturned between junction 12 Firhouse and junction 13 Sandyford.
# m50 - Tuesday 26 June, 2018
TD says second ring road should be built west of M50 to ease traffic jams
The M50 is currently operating at traffic levels which were not predicted to occur until the mid-2020s.
# m50 - Monday 25 June, 2018
M50 operating with traffic levels that weren't expected until the mid-2020s
Transport Infrastructure Ireland boss said there has been a ‘huge increase’ in M50 traffic in the last four years.
# m50 - Saturday 16 June, 2018
Dublin Airport says idea its car parks will clog the M50 is 'bizarre'
DAA wants to change the planning status of the car parks in question from temporary to permanent.
# m50 - Friday 1 June, 2018
Man who caused €500k of damage to M50 eFlow system jailed for two and a half years
Tony Rochford said he wanted to attract media attention to his concerns about failures in a fire that killed two people.
# m50 - Thursday 31 May, 2018
Traffic delays on M50 as emergency services attend scene of truck on fire
It is understood that the driver and operators of the truck were not injured.
# m50 - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
'Very heavy delays' after commuter crash on the M50
The crash has been cleared but delays remain.
# m50 - Tuesday 22 May, 2018
Drivers fined almost €120,000 in crackdown on M50 toll dodgers
Fines ranging from €9,000 to €16,000 were handed down to 10 motorists yesterday.
# m50 - Monday 21 May, 2018
Man seriously injured in 'public order incident' on M50 motorway at rush hour
A second man was also injured in the incident, which happened after 6pm this evening, but left the scene in a silver Kia Sedona.
# m50 - Wednesday 9 May, 2018
Traffic on the M50 has been in absolute chaos this evening
A car on fire at Blanchardstown caused significant delays.
# m50 - Friday 27 April, 2018
Roads reopen and traffic 'moving well' after truck crash on N4
Traffic is now moving well in both directions along the M50.
# m50 - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
M50: Fewer traffic officers means gardaí expected to enforce road laws 'as they pass through'
Gardaí have promised that more Traffic Corps jeeps will be in service in the coming weeks.
# m50 - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
'Dealing with M50 traffic before your day has even started will test the mettle of any hardened citizen'
Therapists would do well to open pop-up sessions on the hard shoulder, writes Áine Carroll.
# m50 - Monday 15 January, 2018
M50 traffic eases after rush hour crash this morning
Commuters were caught in hour-long tailbacks.
# m50 - Monday 8 January, 2018
Man speaks out after metre-long 'spear' smashes through windscreen on the M50
Jason described the incident that happened as he was driving on the M50.
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