THE northbound bore of the Limerick Tunnel has reopened this Wednesday after specialist equipment on the tunnel roof was damaged when a truck carrying hay bales became wedged last Sunday.
In the region of €100,000 of damage was caused in the incident when the truck collided with the roof.
Gardai have confirmed that an investigation is underway.
Despite the advance warning signs as to height restrictions of 4.65m, the driver proceeded through the tunnel with his truck at an estimated height of over 5m.
Subsequently the load of bales struck lighting and specialist electrical equipment ripping it from the tunnel ceiling.
The incident happened at around 8.30am last Sunday.
Gardai were forced to put a contra flow system in place with all traffic now using the southbound lane. Speed restrictions of 50km/h were put in place but have been removed since this Wednesday.
