Broadband promise for rural Ireland

The Government has promised to deliver high-speed broadband to 700,000 homes expected to be forsaken by private operators over the coming years.

According to the Government, it would ensure every home, business, and school in the country would eventually access high-speed broadband as part of plans that are “akin to rural electrification” in the 1950s.

In the meantime, some homes in rural areas may have to wait until 2020 to access the super-speed broadband, Communications Minister Alex White conceded.