A 40-KM-LONG superhighway linking Tipperary with Laois —o n the main Cork-Dublin road — is set to open on December 8, more than six months ahead of schedule.

GOVERNMENT deputy chief whip Billy Kelleher wants more drivers to get the road safety message - after he was caught speeding on his way to the Dáil.

Around 60,000 drivers a day will benefit from the upgrading of a key section of the Naas-Dublin dual carriageway.