The Irish Times

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