Govt 'using broadband as an electioneering tool' - Opposition reacts to €3bn broadband plan

The Government's ambitious broadband plan will still come in six times over budget, a decade late and without any guarantees the State will ultimately own the service, the opposition has warned.

Fianna Fáil, Labour, Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats hit out at what they claimed was an election-focused launch of the project, despite admitting the country may be trapped into signing up to the plan.