Fast broadband could create ‘digital motorway’ in West

The roll-out of super-speed broadband could create a “digital motorway” along the Wild Atlantic Way, which would act as a “counterbalance” to the power of Dublin.

The CEO of the Ludgate Digital Hub in Skibbereen, Grainne Dwyer, said the emergence of other hubs around the country in places such as Leitrim, Sligo and Dingle opened the opportunity to develop “a complete business corridor” along the western seaboard.

Ms Dwyer was speaking at the first day of National Digital Week in Skibbereen, which is expected to attract up to 2,000 people across three days.