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PAC labels National Broadband Plan not 'value for money' as all targets are missed

With less than a 20 per cent take-up rate, the National Broadband Plan (NBP) has been been described by the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as not being 'value for money' Under the €2.7bn plan, just 7,000 premises have actually been ...

06 Apr 2022 at 13:09

Business

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 ...

27 Jan 2022 at 20:20

National News

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

27 Jan 2022 at 18:26

National News

National broadband rollout plan now six months behind schedule

The National Broadband Plan rollout is six months behind schedule due to the disruption caused by Covid-19, an Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communication has been told. National Broadband Ireland outlined on Wednesday ...

15 Sept 2021 at 18:10

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Fibre broadband rollout expands across south Longford and Ballymahon

Construction has commenced to deliver high-speed broadband to almost 1,400 premises in the rural areas surrounding the Ballymahon deployment area in County Longford. This includes the surrounding townlands and villages of ...

17 Nov 2023 at 09:00

Features

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 ...

21 May 2019 at 15:00

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Longford Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil local election candidates trade blows over rural broadband row

A war of words over the Government’s contentious National Broadband Plan (NBP) has erupted between two local politicians hoping to lead their parties into securing the balance of power of Longford County Council ...

22 May 2019 at 09:00

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€32 million to be invested in Longford under the National Broadband Plan

The roll out of high-speed broadband to over 8,000 premises in Longford has moved one step closer, as the Government announced that work to finalise the contract for the National Broadband Plan (NBP) is well ...

28 Aug 2019 at 14:00

Local News

Digital Project to be rolled out to 37 Longford primary schools

The initiative aims to bring the young people of Longford up to speed on the National Broadband Plan, and the terminology that goes with a connected Longford. The Primary Schools Digital Project will ...

07 Dec 2018 at 16:00

Local News

Irish Rural Link call for the National Broadband Plan to now be delivered as a matter of urgency

Irish Rural Link (IRL)– the national network representing the interest of rural communities are now calling for the rollout of the National Broadband Plan to push ahead and be delivered as a matter ...

29 Mar 2019 at 13:45

Local News

National broadband plan delays are alienating rural Ireland

Fianna Fáil's Cllr Joe Flaherty has said the continued delays with the National Broadband Plan is showing little more than contempt for the people of rural Ireland. Cllr Flaherty commented, "Only ...

22 Apr 2019 at 11:00

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Broadband a huge issue on Longford's local election campaign trail

Cllr Paul Ross (FG) has expressed disappointment at a delay in the National Broadpand Plan rollout, which has hit another bump in the road, only weeks after An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar promised a ...

18 Apr 2019 at 14:00

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