€454m road section opened to traffic

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

The Cashel-Mitchelstown road, which is the largest infrastructural project to be carried out in Co Tipperary, will shave 15 minutes off the journey time between the capital and Cork.

The 41km dual carriageway, which will remove an estimated 9,500 cars from the towns and villages on the former road, was officially opened yesterday by Minister for State at the Department of Finance Martin Mansergh.