The Irish Times

National Broadband Ireland pledges to provide coverage to 102,000 homes by 2023

Controversial broadband project has been beset by delays

Thu Apr 07 2022 - 14:20

Working from home: How quickly is high-speed broadband being rolled out across the State?

State rollout of high-speed internet could reverse generations of rural depopulation

Wed Jan 26 2022 - 10:59

Government’s broadband plan mired in financial controversy

North’s scheme costs €2,500 per home, the Republic’s €5,300

Sun Dec 19 2021 - 12:13

William Fry and EY to examine funding and structure of National Broadband Ireland

Department says this is part of ongoing review of broadband contract

Mon Dec 13 2021 - 19:24

Enet to invest €1.5m in expanding its Dublin network

State-backed telco is also planning further extensions across capital in coming months

Fri Feb 12 2021 - 05:23

First homes connect under national broadband plan

Cork and Cavan first to receive broadband with service for Limerick and Galway to come

Fri Jan 22 2021 - 16:10

National Broadband Ireland criticised for ‘gaps’ in rollout of scheme

Company behind €3bn project accused of not providing sufficient information about the rollout on its website

Wed Nov 18 2020 - 18:42

Broadband plan can be delivered within five years unless Covid ‘wreaks havoc’

Chairman of company delivering project says quarantine can cause difficulties

Fri Oct 09 2020 - 20:41

Government considers drafting in ESB to speed up broadband provision

Seen & Heard: Spanish credit card company Avantcard signs up six brokers to cherry pick the mortgage market

Sun Aug 30 2020 - 13:17

Government publishes heavily redacted version of National Broadband Plan

Much of the published version, which runs to more than 3,000 pages, is blacked out

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 17:35

Granahan McCourt drops out of Northern Ireland broadband scheme

Company behind State’s €3bn broadband plan cites timeline problems due to Covid-19

Fri May 22 2020 - 05:02

Winners and losers in a year of extremes in the business world

Green Reit and CRH among winners as Boeing, Denis O’Brien and RTÉ join losers

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 05:12

Ministers flock from far and wide for broadband photo op

Business Week: also in the news was Digicel; jobs; the economy; and commercial property

Sat Nov 23 2019 - 05:58

‘Rolls-Royce’ rural broadband to cost €6,000 per household

Rollout to 542,000 homes will transform telecoms landscape, but at a high price

Wed Nov 20 2019 - 04:33

Signing of €3bn broadband contract is ‘biggest investment in rural Ireland ever’

Over 90% of premises will have access to broadband within four years - Bruton

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 10:24

Broadband timeline: how did we get here?

Government’s flagship communications policy seven years in the making

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 10:06

Controversial rural broadband contract to be signed today

Plan could cost as much as €3bn in coming years and will leave network in private hands

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 03:15

Contract for €3billion broadband plan due to be signed on Tuesday

Cabinet to hold early morning meeting, with work on first connections expected to start within weeks

Mon Nov 18 2019 - 19:05

Bruton denies national broadband delay

Minister says officials are still finalising State aid element of €3bn scheme

Mon Nov 11 2019 - 20:46

Broadband contract sign-off and Dublin waste business up for sale

Seen and heard: Border region violence hitting investment, Government prepares to reform Limited Partnership rules

Sun Nov 03 2019 - 14:45

Granahan McCourt in running for NI broadband scheme

Preferred bidder for Government’s NBP project vies for similar project in the North

Wed Oct 30 2019 - 06:49

New homes may be required to have high-speed broadband capability

Government officials want to make cabling mandatory to obtain planning permission

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 01:00

Eir’s baffling broadband plan offer raises suspicions of sabotage

Disjuncture between firm’s inside-the-process cost of €2.75bn and new claim is jarring

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 05:15

INM hack longer than suspected, developers cut back on homes

Seen and Heard: State loses nearly $1m on Digicel as value of its bonds at record low

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 14:21

Loss making Enet subsidiary paid €10m to Granahan McCourt last year

Telecoms company reported a rise in turnover in 2018 to €17.5m from €16.9 m in 2017

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 16:08

TDs to send questions to preferred bidder for broadband contract

David McCourt said it would be inappropriate to discuss matter while tender process is live

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 20:32

Broadband plan bidder’s CEO declines to appear before Oireachtas committee

Fianna Fáil says David McCourt should make an appearance to address concerns

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 01:00

‘No effective control’ of rising costs of tribunals and commissions

Draft Public Accounts Committee report is set to recommend mechanism to manage costs

Wed Jun 26 2019 - 09:48

Eir willing to re-engage with broadband plan if model changed

Telecoms firm tells Oireachtas committee it is ‘certain’ plan can be delivered for €1bn

Tue Jun 25 2019 - 21:05

KPMG insists it is not to blame for cost of broadband plan

Firm estimates that to restart the project from scratch would set it back five years

Wed Jun 05 2019 - 20:34

Taxpayer will fork out €700,000 over three years for broadband, says Minister

Sinn Féin TD accuses Government of ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’

Thu May 23 2019 - 01:00

FF wants committee to investigate broadband contract

Granahan McCourt consortium says it will invest initial €220m in rural project

Tue May 14 2019 - 14:59

Government presses ahead with broadband despite pleas to stop

Business Week: also is the news was competitiveness; GDP; and financial services

Sat May 11 2019 - 05:03

If broadband plan falters rural Ireland will never get it, Naughten says

Allowing Eir remove 300,000 homes from plan increased costs, says Richard Bruton

Thu May 09 2019 - 13:45