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THE ENTIRE M9 Dublin to Waterford motorway will be open next month following the completion of a final 40km section three months ahead of schedule.

Motorists will be able to use the new section of road – which cost almost €500 million – from lunchtime on Thursday, September 9th, after a planned ribbon-cutting ceremony that morning by Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey.