Final link in the Dublin-Cork motorway opens

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.

Mr Cowen will attend celebrations in Durrow to mark the official opening of the motorway bypass of the town and the final section linking Cork to Cullahill.

The motorway has been completed four months ahead of schedule in time for the June bank holiday.