€80m broadband scheme criticised

An internet lobby group is writing to the European Union over the management of an €80m broadband scheme that was supposed to ensure everyone in the country can access broadband.

The chairman of the Ireland Offline lobby group, Eamon Wallace, said the scheme has not delivered what it said it would and they had been left with no choice but to go to Europe.

“We are lodging a formal complaint with the EU about the National Broadband Scheme.