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Wed 01 Jan 2007NRA predicts hour off Dublin to Cork journeyJourney times between Dublin to Cork will be cut from about 3½ hours currently to just 2¼ hours when construction work on roads linking the two cities is completed by 2010, according to the National Roads Authority (NRA).At the launch of the €1.53 billion National Roads Programme for 2007, Minister for Transport Martin Cullen also said the early focus would be on completing the five major inter-urban routes