Drivers urged to stay off motorway to avoid Ploughing congestion

A key element of the Garda Traffic Management plan for the three-day National Ploughing Championship, which President Michael D Higgins will officially open at Screggan, Tullamore, Co Offaly tomorrow, will be the Horse and Jockey junction in Co Tipperary.

Motorists travelling north on the M8 from Cork and other parts of Munster are being advised by the gardaí not to continue along the motorway towards Portlaoise but to branch off at Junction 6 (Horse and Jockey).

By doing so they will avoid adding to other traffic with resultant congestion and delays in the Portlaoise area.