There’s 230 new jobs to be created with the opening of two new motorway service areas in Carlow and Cork.
The Topaz services stations will be at junction 5 on the M9 near Rathcrogue and junction 14 on the M8 near Fermoy.
Both stations are said to have a McDonald’s restaurant, with €14 million investment from Topaz and McDonald’s investing a further €2m.
The stations will both be open 24 hours a day and will serve motorists on the main Dublin to Cork road.
Their construction will also see 100 additional jobs to the project.