Ratheniska to get high-speed broadband

Ratheniska has played host to the ploughing, and yesterday EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said the village would now be on a par with Hong Kong and Tokyo after the announcement that it would have super speed broadband.

Mr Hogan used his visit to the third and final day of this year’s National Ploughing Championships to announce that Ratheniska will receive the fastest fibre connection in the country, resulting in broadband speeds of up to 1 gigabit.

That will give it broadband speeds of more than four times that available in Dublin, with Mr Hogan saying: “This opens up a whole new world of possibilities for job creation. It means that rural communities can be real partners in building the service-led knowledge economy we aspire to in Ireland.”