The country's first motorway service area opened at Lusk on the M1 in Co Dublin today.
300 new jobs are being created in the overall project, which represents an investment of more than €70m on behalf of the SuperStop consortium.
Two more service facilities are due to open shortly - the first at Castlebellingham, Co Louth, which opens in two weeks' time, and the other on the M4 at Enfield in Co Meath, opening in early October.
