Motorways are new in Ireland, motorway service stations are even newer.
But communities have sprung up in these unlikely places. The workers who work there 24/7; the long distance truckers who eat and sleep there; the families and individuals on the move for holidays, for family visits, for hospital apppointments all find a moment of respite from the traffic in these hubs.Brenda Donohue visits the Barrack Obama Plaza in Moneygall, Co Offaly and meets the workers and customers over a busy twenty four hour period. She reflects with them on their lives and the changing Ireland they live in.