National Broadband Ireland pledges to provide coverage to 102,000 homes by 2023
Controversial broadband project has been beset by delays
PAC critical of spending and missed targets in broadband plan
Report raises concerns that taxpayers are not getting value for money
Playing politics with broadband saddles taxpayer with €2.6bn liability
Project costing €5.5bn mired in delay ... and no public ownership of the end product
Eir’s biggest backer in line to reap major dividend
Seen and heard: Broadband subsidies, private housing gloom and Kingspan’s Grenfell recall
National Broadband Ireland must ‘take responsibility’ for delays
Minister tells Dáil he will apply all the penalties that are due if rollout targets not met
Rollout of National Broadband Plan falls further behind schedule
Company behind project admits it will not make target to pass 60,000 homes
Siobhán Quinlan plans almost 670 apartments in Dublin suburbs
Seen & Heard: US businessman David McCourt owns under 3% of National Broadband Ireland
Government’s broadband plan mired in financial controversy
North’s scheme costs €2,500 per home, the Republic’s €5,300
William Fry and EY to examine funding and structure of National Broadband Ireland
Department says this is part of ongoing review of broadband contract
European Commision to investigate ComReg proposals on lower prices for NBI
Concerns raised over plans to allow NBI to access Eir network for less than others pay
Delay in hiring cybersecurity director criticised at PAC
Committee heard agency dealt with more than 3,000 cyber incidents in 2020
State will not face higher bill for broadband plan despite Covid delays, committee hears
National Broadband Ireland will not be penalised for pandemic disruption, TDs are told
National Broadband Plan can be delivered on time and on budget, committee to hear
National Broadband Ireland chief to say project could even be completed early
Penneys to open store in Tallaght after 21-year wait
Seen & Heard: CIF warns Government over Irish Water funding; OTC mood enhancer sales increase
Penneys bound for Bray, and rural Ireland faces new broadband delay
Seen & Heard: Hospitality fit-outs, Quinlan bankruptcy case and Keogh’s crisp profits
First homes connect under national broadband plan
Cork and Cavan first to receive broadband with service for Limerick and Galway to come
Government plans network of over 400 remote working hubs
Infrastructure may be operated by common booking platform, allowing users book a seat
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
Sky generates €751m in revenues from Irish subscription services
Sky Ireland boosted by Sports Extra and growth from existing businesses including Now TV
Government considers fast-tracking National Broadband Plan
Covid crisis has highlighted importance of good broadband, says minister
The Irish Times view on the National Broadband Plan contract: Devil may lie in unknown detail
The 25-year contract requires National Broadband Ireland (NBI) – the vehicle set up by winning bidder US firm Granahan McCourt – to deliver high-speed broadband to 542,000 mainly rural homes and premises
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
National Broadband Plan customers to get download speed boost
Company delivering €3bn plan triples minimum download speed to 500mbps
Government to publish broadband contract nine months after controversial deal
Department says it will publish redacted version of €3bn contract in coming weeks
Eir risks losing ‘at least €125m’ in broadband scheme revenues
ComReg wholesale rate update could reduce equipment lease revenue for telco
Granahan McCourt drops out of Northern Ireland broadband scheme
Company behind State’s €3bn broadband plan cites timeline problems due to Covid-19
Up to 300 high-speed internet hubs to be deployed by end of year
Project is being rolled out in advance of National Broadband Plan
Broadband plan: First 35 areas to get high-speed service are revealed
Phase one of the national plan is focused on locations in east, midlands and around cities
‘Rolls-Royce’ rural broadband to cost €6,000 per household
Rollout to 542,000 homes will transform telecoms landscape, but at a high price
Location of 300 high-speed internet hubs revealed under broadband plan
Areas with worst connections to benefit first as €3 billion scheme is rolled out
Q&A: What is the broadband plan and what happens next?
Cost of the scheme has ballooned to nearly €3 billion, six times the original estimate
Siro now a serious challenger to Eir in fibre arms race
Siro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbs
Donohoe says extra €200m required to fund National Broadband Plan
Eir’s low-cost approach to plan ruled out by Government as ‘an inferior product’
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
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
Broadband plan bidder’s CEO declines to appear before Oireachtas committee
Fianna Fáil says David McCourt should make an appearance to address concerns
Minister for Finance says broadband profit unlikely
Paschal Donohoe says any cheaper option would not bring plan to all rural households
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