Driving time between Dublin-Cork cut as €174m motorway section opens

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

Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey yesterday officially opened the M8 section between Fermoy and Mitchelstown, which was completed nine months ahead of schedule and on budget at €174 million.

Only the €40km stretch between Portlaoise and Cullahill remains to be completed and it’s expected to open to traffic towards the end of next year. That section of motorway will be tolled.