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Port Tunnel reopened after oil tanker breaks down

The tunnel was closed in one direction earlier today.

THE PORT DUBLIN in Dublin has reopened after an oil tanker broke down earlier today.

One bore of the Port Tunnel had been closed to traffic because of the broken down tanker.

The disruption was in the northbound bore of the tunnel and one lane was completely blocked.

AA Roadwatch earlier warned motorists that delays were to be expected on approach to the tunnel and in and around the port.

It has since tweeted that a ban on heavy goods vehicles and the tunnel has been lifted.

With reporting from Cormac Fitzgerald 

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    Mute Dave Hogan
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    Aug 30th 2017, 2:31 PM

    What was it doing out of the sea?

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    Aug 30th 2017, 4:03 PM

    @Dave Hogan: I can’t believe you got 33 thumbs up for that one.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 4:06 PM

    @Dubby Tom: This is dementia part of the day.Dont reply because I’m not sure if I’m in.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 4:21 PM

    @Dubby Tom: either can I.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 7:44 PM

    They left many of us sitting in our cars for almost an hour at the toll with no updates and nobody could be bothered to get us turned. There should be an escape lane just past the toll to divert traffic away from the tunnel for such incidents. The treat motorists with contempt.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 8:02 PM

    @Kárl: they have an exit for trucks that are to big in height to use the tunnel it leads out onto the Eastwall rd.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 9:01 PM

    @Dave Byrne: Shame they didn’t do the decent thing an open it. A Garda eventually got us a U turn at the toll both to the other side. Given the nature of the incident they would have known there was going to be a huge delay.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 6:12 PM

    Can’t understand why when there is a breakdown in the tunnel they don’t operate the other side as two way traffic .

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    Aug 30th 2017, 6:17 PM

    @AlanH -AFC: have a lie-down m8….

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    Aug 30th 2017, 7:15 PM

    @AlanH -AFC: great idea Alan they should make you minister for transport.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 7:10 PM

    Probably best to drive slowly for a while coz oil is very slippy and can cause your car to career out of control which could result in a humungous accident involving huge loss of life and utter carnage in congested situations like that, fire etc.

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    Aug 30th 2017, 9:30 PM

    Who we shooting at? Etc

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