Rail delays as truck crashes into bridge in Dublin

DART and rail services in Dublin are being disrupted this morning after a truck crashed into a bridge in the south of the city.

The collision happened during rush hour at Grand Canal Dock Station.

As a result, all DART and commuter rail services have been suspended between Pearse Station and Lansdowne Road.

The crash is the latest in a string of incidents in which trucks have collided with rail bridges that are not high enough for them to pass beneath.

Iarnród Éireann has described the truck driver responsible for this morning's incident as an "idiot" who failed to check his height and his route.

"The bridges around the Grand Canal Dock area are visibly very low," a spokesman said. "It takes a peculiar type of moron not to be aware of that."

He said the damage to the bridge was being assessed and services would be restored to normal as soon as possible.