There was major traffic disruption on the M18 motorway near Shannon this morning following three incidents.
Emergency services were alerted to a car fire on the juntion 9 sliproad to Shannon Airport around half past seven and two units of Clare County Fire Service attended the scene.
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Around 8 o'clock three cars collided with each other on the southbound lane of the motorway, not far from junction 9, following which a further two cars were involved in a road crash at juntion 10 shortly before 9 o'clock.
Traffic was reduced to one lane for a time but all three incidents have been cleared in the past few minutes, with traffic volumes returning to normal in the area.
There's no reports of injuries.