Labour launches its €2bn broadband plan

LABOUR pledged to boost Ireland’s economic recovery with plans for a privately funded €2 billion high-quality broadband system.

Party leader Eamon Gilmore compared Fianna Fáil’s failure to tackle broadband deficiency across the country to its handling of the banking crisis.

But Mr Gilmore also claimed that comments by fellow opposition party Fine Gael in recent days suggested that the party was willing to let Fianna Fáil back into government “by the side door”.