M7 motorway in Co Laois closed following crash

Gardaí have reopened the M7 motorway after closing it to examine the scene of an crash which resulted in a man being hospitalised overnight in Co Laois.

Gardaí believe the man, who was taken to Portlaoise Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, had been travelling southbound in the northbound lane when the single vehicle collision occurred in the early hours of this morning. The man's car hit a barrier causing damage to the barrier and car.