'Huge deterioration' in phone signal in north-west Cork

Local councillors want communications regulator Comreg to investigate the problem

Mobile phone coverage is reported to be very poor in Rockchapel and Lismire and in parts of Banteer, Kanturk (above), Knocknagree, and Cullen. Picture: Denis Scannell 

Communications regulator Comreg is to be asked to investigate a “huge deterioration” in mobile phone coverage across large swathes of north-west Cork, which is hampering people trying to work from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Members of the council's Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District Council have complained that in recent weeks, many parts of Western Duhallow in particular have seen their coverage become poor or even non-existent.