Minister to announce plans for broadband in Leitrim and Donegal
The Minister for Communications Denis Naughten is to make an announcement today on a new project to improve broadband in Leitrim and Donegal. The event will unveil plans to invest in a new broadband network for rural Ireland focusing on Donegal, Leitrim, Roscommon and Galway. The launch is taking place…
The National Broadband Plan has again been delayed
The National Broadband Plan has again been delayed. Minister Denis Naughten has said that he does not expect any develoments with the scheme over the next 18 months. According to the Central Statistics Office latest figures from last years census, 61.1% of rural areas have broadband. Also, in the ‘West’…
In the Dail this week: Broadband, Garda Stations, Defence Forces
Apart from the row on water charges a number of other issues were raised in the Dail this week by local TDs. Most of them relating to the removal of services and a lack of investment in rural Ireland – all of which are affecting the local economies in the…
New concerns over broadband for rural areas
A Fianna Fail councillor in the region is claiming the National Broadband Scheme is now unlikely to be in place until 2021 at the earliest. Cavan councillor John Paul Feeley was reacting to the latest announcement of a new broadband contract having been signed between the Department of Communications and…
18,000 North West homes to get superfast broadband by mid-2018
Almost 18,000 homes in the North West are to get 1 Gigabite per second super fast fibre broadband over the next 12 months. The roll-out into more than 14,000 homes in Donegal is the biggest in the State announced by communications company Eir in which 100,000 homes nationally will get…
Collaborative effort needed to maximise impact of new business complex
Local groups need to work together to ensure the success of a new business complex being developed in the centre of Sligo Town. That’s the view of IDA Ireland regional business development manager for the north west John Nugent ahead of the opening of The Building Block. The aim of…
Parts of north west to get high speed broadband before year’s end
Significant work is being done to roll out high speed broadband in the north west after the region was shown to have some of the slowest speeds in Ireland. A switcher.ie survey today shows Leitrim, Donegal and Sligo to be amongst the worst counties in Ireland for broadband speeds. Leitrim…