Remote island seeks to connect to digital world

TThe old pool room in a restaurant is now at the forefront of a new initiative between telecoms firm Three Ireland and a local community to transform a Donegal island into the most connected island in the world.

The old pool room in a restaurant is now at the forefront of a new initiative between telecoms firm Three Ireland and a local community to transform a Donegal island into the most connected island in the world.

Arranmore — or Árainn Mhór — off the coast of Co Donegal, is the country’s second most populated island and is more usually associated with secondary school students learning Irish in the summer and its longstanding fishing tradition.