'This is not about Netflix': Rural broadband would transform health services, says Denis Naughten

Former Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has warned that if the proposed National Broadband Plan falters between now and the signing of the contract he does not believe that there will ever be high-speed broadband in rural Ireland.

“If this falters I don't honestly believe that we will ever get high-speed broadband into rural Ireland. I believe for generations to come we'll be talking about haphazard services - it will be a band-aid situation, for a few years it will be good and then it will drop off, it will become a big political issue again.”