Rural Life
Broadband connections available for over 200,000 premises
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company responsible for delivering the government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), has said that broadband connections...
Rural Life
National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company responsible for delivering the government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), has said that broadband connections...
Rural Life
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) confirmed today (Tuesday, September 5), that it has now connected 50,000 homes, farms and businesses. On...
Rural Life
Irish Rural Link (IRL) has raised concern at the level of households aged over 65 years that have no internet...
Agri Politics
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said today that he wanted to “assure” people about the “government’s commitment to rural Ireland”. Speaking...
Rural Life
A rural community that designed and built its own fibre to the premises’ (FTTP) broadband network is now helping other...
Rural Life
The CEO of National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has highlighted the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the national roll-out of...
Rural Life
The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is in danger of “becoming dated before it it actually implemented”, one TD has warned....
Rural Life
The National Broadband Plan is set to miss its revised target of 60,000 homes by the end of the year,...
Rural Life
Representatives from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) held a meeting today (Friday, March 12) with National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the...
Rural Life
More than 1 in 4 private sector employees in this country are capable of working remotely and the development of...
Rural Life
Minister Eamon Ryan has confirmed that as of Wednesday (November 4), 187 sites have been installed by National Broadband Ireland...
Opinion
The latest restrictions under level five where a person cannot go into the ringside to bid on an animal is...
Agri-Business
According to the government’s own website, 40% of marts across the country have a poor broadband service which requires upgrading,...
Rural Life
Independent TD Denis Naughten has said there is “a number of rural villages that have high-speed broadband and vacant houses”,...
Rural Life
The government’s response to rural broadband issues has been “unsatisfactory” as farms, households and businesses continue to suffer, according to...
Rural Life
The roll-out of high-speed internet hubs across the country is a welcome feature of the National Broadband Plan – but...
Rural Life
The proposal made by Eir as an alternative to the National Broadband Plan (NBP) has been deemed to be “not...
Rural Life
Officials at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) warned of the “financial risks” involved in proceeding with the...