Gardaí are investigating another incident involving a motorist driving the wrong way down the M1 motorway, the second such case reported within a week.
Reports were received that a vehicle travelled for around 10 kilometres on the wrong side of the road in north County Dublin at approximately 11.30pm on Tuesday, March 3.
It is understood the vehicle entered the northbound carriageway of the motorway at Junction 6 in Julianstown, Co Meath before exiting at the on ramp at Naul in Co Dublin.
Several motorists who encountered the vehicle are believed to have contacted Gardaí to report the dangerous situation.
Gardaí confirmed that patrols were carried out in the area and that enquiries into the incident are ongoing.
The incident follows another case earlier in the week when a teenage boy appeared before the Children’s Court in Dublin accused of driving the wrong way along the motorway.
That incident followed a Garda pursuit that began in the Whitehall area of Dublin and continued until around 5.30am when the vehicle was eventually stopped at the Applegreen Service Station on the M1 southbound near Castlebellingham, Co Louth.
Two other teenagers who were travelling in the car were also arrested and later released without charge, although files relating to them will be forwarded to the Juvenile Diversion Programme. The young driver was remanded on bail.
The chase resulted in significant traffic disruption for around an hour as Gardaí carried out a containment operation to bring the vehicle to a stop.
