Labour: Most Govt targets for broadband not met

Failures over Ireland’s broadband provision has led to the country’s roll-out lagging behind Ethiopia and could have dire economic consequences in the future, the Labour Party claimed today.

Labour spokesman on communications Tommy Broughan hit back at comments made at the Fianna Fail parliamentary party meeting by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern that Fine Gael and the Labour Party would drag Ireland back into the Third World.