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Tractor travelling from Co Cavan to Ballymena stopped on NI motorway

Apr 22, 2026 16:55
By News Northern Sound
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Tractor travelling from Co Cavan to Ballymena stopped on NI motorway

The PSNI said his parents now have a three hour journey.

A 16-year-old driver of a tractor who was stopped by the PSNI on the M1 motorway near Lisburn was travelling from Co. Cavan to Ballymena.

Officers from Road Policing Strategic Unit - Mahon Road - stopped the tractor eariler today on the M1 Motorway adding that tractors are not allowed to use motorways.

The teenage driver, who only had a provisional entitlement in the Republic of Ireland, should not have been driving on any road in Northern Ireland.

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The PSNI said his parents now have a three hour journey from Cavan to come to Lisburn and deal with the matter.

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