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Fibre broadband rollout expands across south Longford and Ballymahon

...9,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools. Under the NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN, County Longford will see an investment of €34M in the new high speed fibre network. This will enable e-learning, remote...

17 Nov 2023 at 09:00

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Rollout of National Broadband Plan will not meet January target, Dáil told

The rollout of the NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN has fallen behind schedule and will not meet its targets, the Dáil has been told. The delay has been criticised by politicians after it emerged the company charged with rolling out rural broadband networks will miss its January...

27 Jan 2022 at 20:20

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Four-way fight for Longford FG nomination race

Less than nine months after seeing its Longford Dáil seat slip away, Fine Gael are already making plans to win it back with four local councillors declaring their interest in standing for election. In an unorthodox, but at the same time intriguing ...

23 Nov 2016 at 14:00

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Five more villages to get fibre broadband

...Ireland and one that had not been addressed by previous Governments... Eircom’s announcement means the element of the NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN that requires State intervention is likely to reduce significantly.” In a statement, Labour TD Willie Penrose said, “It...

10 Jun 2015 at 18:00

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'Broadband service in Co Longford must be improved for once and for all'

...Denis Naughten, in relation to what the local area representative in Legan described as “the urgent need to roll out the NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN in Co Longford”. He added, “Let Longford be the first county to start the rollout on this”. The broadband issues in Cllr...

04 Jan 2017 at 13:00

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Imagine high speed broadband network expands in Longford

High Speed Broadband Infrastructure builder Imagine has announced that its network now covers over 19,500 premises in the county. Imagine is investing €300m to be first to provide high speed broadband to over 1m premises nationally. Homes and ...

19 Nov 2019 at 01:29

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Longford Leader Editorial: Don’t dismiss Our Rural Future plan

It has been a relatively positive week for Longford. The Royal Canal Greenway is a €12 million project that will enhance the county’s tourism offering and an influx of visitors is something to look forward to whenever Covid-19 travel ...

05 Apr 2021 at 17:00

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Surveying works well underway in Longford as part of €34m high speed broadband investment

...Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN (NBP), have been on the ground across the country for sixteen months and over 215,000 premises nationwide have been...

28 May 2021 at 12:31

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New Government plan will support the recovery of our tourism and hospitality sector and help create jobs in Longford

...such as Project Ireland 2040, the Climate Action Plan, the forthcoming National Economic Recovery Plan, the NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN, the National Remote Working Strategy and the Town Centre First Initiative. “For decades, we have seen global...

30 Mar 2021 at 11:30

Local News

Call for creation of 'digital town' hubs across Longford

The Government should focus on creating ‘digital town’ hubs in towns like Longford in a new NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN, according to IE Domain Registry, the company that manages and maintains Ireland's country domain name, .ie. The NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN in its...

04 Nov 2018 at 10:00

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Longford hoping to avoid repeat of recent flash flooding as Met Éireann issues Status Yellow rainfall warning

...conditions would set in for Friday and Saturday. Also read: €32 million to be invested in Longford under the NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN "It will change to cool, breezy and showery conditions for Saturday and the same for Sunday as this northwesterly...

29 Aug 2019 at 23:41

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Longford Leader Editorial: Broadband plan saga is a mess of our own making

Nearly 20 years ago this summer Eircom was sold out of State ownership. Most of the people who bought shares did so in 1999 after a massive publicity campaign. Many were ordinary Irish people who had savings and were enticed into ...

21 May 2019 at 15:00

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