€7m service station opens off Cork-Dublin motorway

A €7 MILLION service station has opened near Monasterevin, Co Kildare, which will provide services for motorists on the motorway linking Dublin with Limerick, Cork, Clare, Tipperary and Kerry.

However, motorists will have to leave the M7 at junction 14 (Monasterevin) to access the 24/7 facility on the Cork-Dublin road.

The National Roads Authority (NRA) has admitted that plans for a motorway service station directly off the M7 near Mountrath, Co Laois may not go ahead following the opening of this privately run facility just over 30km away.