Cork family first connected under €3bn National Broadband Plan

More than 130,000 premises across the country will be connected to the network by the end of the year 
Cork family first connected under €3bn National Broadband Plan

Brian and Lorna O'Connor pictured online with their children Hugo (5), Elsa (7) and Freya (10) in Shanbally, Co. Cork. Picture:Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

A Cork family has become the first to have their home connected under the state’s €3bn National Broadband Plan.

The O'Connor family, who live in a part of Carrigaline that previously had no reliable broadband available said the new connection to high-speed fibre broadband is going to bring “incredible benefits” to their family.

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