High speed connectivity is on the way for 2,800 Sligo homes, farms and businesses in the west Sligo area.
National Broadband Ireland has confirmed that engineering survey works in the wider Dromore West area are now completed.
This includes the rural communities of Dromore West, Kilglass, Templeboy and Easky.
In Sligo, there are approximately 15,000 premises in the Intervention Area, which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses, and schools.
Under the National Broadband Plan, Sligo will see an investment of €59M in the new high speed fibre network.
There are 4,220 homes, businesses, and farms in County Sligo that can order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband.
NBI crews have made substantial progress near Dromore West, where 2,751 Sligo premises included in the Dromore West deployment area have recently completed engineering surveying work. These initial works pave the way for the next stage of deploying fibre on poles/ducts and includes the erection of poles, unblocking of ducts, and the insertion of sub duct into existing ducts, for the fibre to be installed.
National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living in Sligo to visit https://nbi.ie/eoi/ to sign up for updates on when they will be able to connect.
