Rural phone signals ‘a disgrace’ in Cork

Angry councillors want communication officials to tell them what steps they are taking about “appalling and sometimes non-existent” mobile phone signals in rural north Cork.

Fine Gael councillor Gerard Murphy said that, to rectify the lack of coverage, the Government should copy legislation in Britain, whereby mobile phone operators are punished financially for not providing proper signals in rural areas.

Councillors from the northern division have written to the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), asking what will be done about the deteriorating service, especially as mobile phone companies claim that they are improving coverage.