The newest section of the ring road (opened in 2008) leaves the roundabout northwards as the N77 to Durrow.

At a roundabout junction with the N76 to Clonmel it leaves the ring heading southwards through Stoneyford and Knocktopher.

However, the M9 passes further west, closer to Kilkenny, thus more than halving the length of the original N10 route.

A new greenfield N10 route section was built from near Dunbell (about 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Kilkenny city centre), running northwest and meeting the Kilkenny Ring Road further north than the original connection.

The southern N10 section was made considerably shorter following the upgrade which now terminates at junction 9 near Danesfort (about 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Kilkenny).