Munster communities will finally make a high speed connection

Design work either complete or ongoing in target townlands across 25 counties

The contractors behind the plan, National Broadband Ireland, will have completed some 120,000 surveys by the end of the year, which involves physical examination and stock take of poles, cables and underground ducts in each area. File picture

Long-suffering communities throughout Munster should finally begin to see fibre connections come to their area in the coming weeks as the national broadband plan (NBP) begins to take root.

Communications Minister Eamon Ryan said design work is now either complete or ongoing in target townlands across 25 counties and "steady progress is being made" with over 118,000 premises surveyed.