1,000 rural areas connected to broadband network

BROADBAND services have been successfully delivered to 1,028 previously unserved rural areas as part of the Government’s National Broadband Scheme.

The €223 million scheme has ensured delivery of broadband services to some 235,000 premises, creating 170 jobs in the process.

Ireland is one of the first countries in the world to deliver such a scheme on a national basis and has met the EU target for broadband availability two years early.