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 

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.