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Mon 06 Jun 2007Five-year upgrade of Dublin pipes startsAn €118 million project to upgrade Dublin's 100-year-old underground waterpipes has begun.The five-year project, which will upgrade more around 800 kilometres of Dublin's watermains, started today in south-east Dublin on the outbound lane of Merrion Road and the junction of Serpentine Avenue.