RTÉ are in discussions with the GAA and other sporting organisations to broadcast archive sporting material in the absence of live sports.

Internet providers have said that the broadband network has the capacity to allow for an increase in people working from home.

Eir has reported a 3% fall in revenue for the first half of its current financial year, largely due to increasing competition in the communications market.

Telecom operators in Ireland have rejected possible new regulations that would help consumers avoid ‘bill shock’ where they receive unexpectedly large bills after going over their monthly allowance.

Kerry footballer Gavin Crowley will be among the high profile speakers at a GAA coaching seminar in Listowel on Saturday.

Over half a million people watched David Clifford's equaliser against Dublin on RTÉ on Saturday evening, their head of sport has reported.

Ireland's tech giants are continuing to find creative ways to address the gender imbalance in the STEM sector, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

16 teams will be featured over seven weekends, from January to March, which includes 10 football games and five hurling.

The commission announced that in its opinion the potential benefits to competition in the Irish broadband sector outweigh the negatives represented by the intervention of the State.

Ireland’s newest mobile phone network has removed the controversial Public Services Card as a requested form of identification after concerns were raised with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Operating on eir’s mobile network, GoMo customers will benefit from its 99% population coverage and over 97% 4G coverage.

A massive 84% of Vodafone’s customer base is over 50 years of age, with 80% of Three’s users being under 34.

Telecoms firm Eir says it faces 22 “sets” of legal actions in the circuit court and may face further claims under the General Data Protection Regulation law following two data breaches in recent times.

Thousands of people with one-off houses and new homes

The Government’s multi-billion euro broadband plan is at risk of being derailed after an Oireachtas committee called for a three-month freeze of the project to force a re-examination of its €3bn cost and the entire tendering process.

The Government is refusing to say if it will accept calls to reform its multi-billion euro broadband plan which could force the project to stay in public ownership and subject it to another in-depth review.

Both broadcasters say there will be no additional charge to customers.

The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has received 20 complaints in 18 months from the public relating to phone and broadband providers advertising products as "unlimited" when they actually included caps.

The Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI) is to review the use of the word ‘unlimited’ when it comes to advertising mobile phone and broadband data plans which have so-called ‘fair use policies’.

From today, Eir will give users what it calls "effectively uncapped data usage" for prepay, bill and small business plans.

Eir sport has unveiled a "new and fresh" looking Rugby World Cup team of experts, with Gordon D’Arcy, Peter Stringer and Jerry Flannery fronting studio analysis for Japan in the autumn.

Concerns about the long-term ownership of the rural broadband network and the length of time to complete the planned €5bn project are among findings in revealed in an Oireachtas committee report.

The Government will sign a €3bn contract for the supply of rural broadband later this year after categorically ruling out an offer of a cheaper option for high-speed connections.

So that’s nearly Wednesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The Department of Communications has said the proposal by Eir to roll out the National Broadband Plan for less than a €1bn is not feasible.

People who watch live English Premiership football matches on illegal streaming sites on their computers, set top boxes and other devices will find the service blocked when the 2019/20 season kicks off next month following a court order.

The credibility of the Government, elected or permanent, around major projects is not beyond question.

Eir’s projected costs for the National Broadband Plan are

Accepting Eir’s offer to deliver the National Broadband Plan at a cut price would be illegal, top officials in the Department of Communications have claimed.