Eir hails momentum but State broadband plan may slip further

The schedule for the start of the Government-subsidised National Broadband Plan may slip further, as complex talks between operators and the Department of Communications about the nature of the tenders continues, the Eir chief executive has said.

In a briefing on its first-quarter results, Richard Moat said the telecom was on course to deliver earnings growth this year and meet its pledges on investment in broadband and mobile, after posting the sixth quarterly increase in earnings.

The results marked definitive proof that Eir, which only exited an examinership in 2012, was growing earnings, he said.