The second section of the relief road is now open.
The Minister for Transport is in Offaly this evening for the opening of a new relief road.
The second section of the road in Edenderry is being officially opened with the first section being opened in 2022.
The cost so far has reached €3m, and uses 2.1 kilometers of new and repurposed road.
Minister Eamon Ryan says Edenderry has been facing huge amounts of traffic: