Varadkar: Renationalising Eir to run NBP too costly

Opposition calls to take Eircom back into state ownership to run the National Broadband Plan could cost up to €9bn, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said.

His warning came as it emerged the private consortium chosen to roll out high-speed internet to rural Ireland will pay only €220m initially compared with the State’s investment of nearly €3bn.