IT isn’t often that Taoiseach Brian Cowen gets to give out some good news but today he will announce the opening of the final link in the completion of the M8 motorway between Dublin and Cork.

THE last piece in the Dublin to Cork motorway jigsaw will fall into place towards the end of next month.

BUSINESS links between Dublin and Cork will be vastly improved with the opening of the final section of the Dublin/Cork motorway later this month.

THE Government yesterday outlined details of the €1 billion road plan which will see 292 kilometres of new road completed this year.

ONLY one section of road now remains to be completed before there is an entire motorway between Dublin and Cork.

The latest phase in the construction of the M8 motorway between Dublin and Cork is due to open this afternoon seven months ahead of schedule.

A €454 MILLION section of road, which will form part of a complete motorway between Dublin and Cork, has been opened to traffic.

The village of Galmoy has been hit by depopulation and the demise of local services, while planning and drink-driving laws have also had an impact.

JOURNEY times between Dublin and Cork are set to drop to two-and-a-quarter hours when a number of major projects announced yesterday are completed.

THE first sod was turned yesterday on the longest road project ever to be undertaken in the State.

A €233 MILLION road scheme to ease traffic congestion for more than 60,000 motorists a day has been officially opened.

A €233m road scheme to ease traffic congestion for more than 60,000 motorists a day has been officially opened.

THE NRA yesterday confirmed a planned start date for a new €434 million road on the Cork-Dublin route.

PEOPLE living in the rural Co Laois parish of Cullahill have expressed outrage that the National Roads Authority is pressing ahead with its plan to relocate 500 skeletons uncovered by archaeologists working on the route of the proposed new M7 motorway.

Several sites of possible archaeological interest have been identified along proposed motorway routes running through Co Laois, it was confirmed today.

The Automobile Association and road hauliers have criticised Transport Minister Seamus Brennan’s plans to toll the new stretch of motorway between Portlaoise and Cullahill in Co Laois.

Transport Minister Seamus Brennan has announced plans to build a new toll road between Portlaoise and Cullahill in Co Laois.