It was always going to be the case: Friday + bank holiday + Easter = travel chaos.

All the usual road and motorway suspects are heavy with vehicles - with breakdowns and lane closures being reported. There was also an incident involving 12 vehicles in Ballinasloe, Galway: a number of people were taken to Portiuncula Hospital as a precaution, though no one was seriously injured. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Picture: RTE[/caption] The Dublin to Galway motorway was closed in both directions between Junction 14, Ballinasloe East and Junction 15, Ballinasloe West, but has since reopened. Meanwhile, in the Dublin - two separate collisions were causing delays on the M50: one northbound at J9 Red Cow. The second collision is just before J7 Lucan. Both have now been cleared, but delays remain. Otherwise, numerous vehicles are trying to move on to the M50 at Dundrum and Terenure - causing tailbacks. https://twitter.com/aaroadwatch/status/979753020887126017 "The N7 and M7 are very heavy southbound, with reports that traffic is taking over an hour to get from J4 Rathcoole to J11 M9," AA Roadwatch furthermore reports. It's also exceptionally heavy going into Naas - one person said it took two hours to travel from Dublin's city centre 38km to the Kildare town. https://twitter.com/LynnyQQ/status/979751855415877634   In the Westmeath/Longford area, the N4 westbound is slow, while in Limerick the N21 southbound has tailbacks of around 3km approaching Adare. The N11 in Wexford has delays and in Cork it's slow heading into Macroom on the N22 westbound.