Signing of €3bn broadband contract is ‘biggest investment in rural Ireland ever’

Over 90% of premises will have access to broadband within four years - Bruton

Broadband timeline: how did we get here?

Government’s flagship communications policy seven years in the making

Controversial rural broadband contract to be signed today

Plan could cost as much as €3bn in coming years and will leave network in private hands

Contract for €3billion broadband plan due to be signed on Tuesday

Cabinet to hold early morning meeting, with work on first connections expected to start within weeks

Bruton denies national broadband delay

Minister says officials are still finalising State aid element of €3bn scheme

Broadband contract sign-off and Dublin waste business up for sale

Seen and heard: Border region violence hitting investment, Government prepares to reform Limited Partnership rules

Granahan McCourt in running for NI broadband scheme

Preferred bidder for Government’s NBP project vies for similar project in the North

New homes may be required to have high-speed broadband capability

Government officials want to make cabling mandatory to obtain planning permission

Eir’s baffling broadband plan offer raises suspicions of sabotage

Disjuncture between firm’s inside-the-process cost of €2.75bn and new claim is jarring

INM hack longer than suspected, developers cut back on homes

Seen and Heard: State loses nearly $1m on Digicel as value of its bonds at record low

Loss making Enet subsidiary paid €10m to Granahan McCourt last year

Telecoms company reported a rise in turnover in 2018 to €17.5m from €16.9 m in 2017

TDs to send questions to preferred bidder for broadband contract

David McCourt said it would be inappropriate to discuss matter while tender process is live

Broadband plan bidder’s CEO declines to appear before Oireachtas committee

Fianna Fáil says David McCourt should make an appearance to address concerns

‘No effective control’ of rising costs of tribunals and commissions

Draft Public Accounts Committee report is set to recommend mechanism to manage costs

Eir willing to re-engage with broadband plan if model changed

Telecoms firm tells Oireachtas committee it is ‘certain’ plan can be delivered for €1bn

KPMG insists it is not to blame for cost of broadband plan

Firm estimates that to restart the project from scratch would set it back five years

Taxpayer will fork out €700,000 over three years for broadband, says Minister

Sinn Féin TD accuses Government of ‘giving with one hand and taking with the other’

FF wants committee to investigate broadband contract

Granahan McCourt consortium says it will invest initial €220m in rural project

Government presses ahead with broadband despite pleas to stop

Business Week: also is the news was competitiveness; GDP; and financial services

If broadband plan falters rural Ireland will never get it, Naughten says

Allowing Eir remove 300,000 homes from plan increased costs, says Richard Bruton

Broadband cost set to top €5bn including private investment

Private entity to own network at end of 25-year contract despite €3bn State investment

Government will not own broadband network when built

Government is paying bulk of cost while ceding ownership to private entity

Government pledges to deliver broadband within seven years

‘We must pay the price of progress now or stay trapped in the past forever,’ says Varadkar

Consortium led by David McCourt given preferred bidder status for broadband plan

The value of the contract has been capped at just under €3 billion

After seven years and four ministers, broadband plan finally gets green light

Business Week: also in the news were jobs; expansion plans; banks; and executive pay

Broadband timeline: how did we get here?

Seven years in the making, Government’s flagship communications policy

Government to press ahead with €3bn broadband plan despite cost warnings

Rollout to proceed despite fears of public outrage at price increase

Overcast’s partnership with Avid part of plan to go global

‘Google Docs for professional videos’ cited as one of 40 start-ups that may change world

Consortium led by McCourt on track to win broadband tender

Seen & Heard: Boomtime property financier Derek Quinlan facing bankruptcy petition

More than €25m spent on National Broadband Plan to date

Varadkar previously confirmed cost had risen to ‘many multiples’ of original estimate

Will Eir’s €500m investment change the broadband game?

Eir takes aim at Virgin as questions about the Government’s NBP project grow

Boot on other foot as power in sports business shifts to fans

Sports governing bodies face fight for relevance against digital entertainment industry

Broadband plan will deliver download speeds that are ‘too slow’

PAC chairman says project will be ‘a waste of time’ if it only results in broadband speed of 30mbps

Business 2018: the winners and the losers

The last 12 months proved to be another year of mixed fortunes in corporate Ireland

Decision on roll-out of rural broadband delayed

No Cabinet decision until new year in project that has been beset by controversy

No written statements sought from Naughten

Process auditor questioned about his National Broadband Plan investigation

Denis Naughten defends his actions on broadband plan

Former minister resigned earlier this year amid controversy over meetings with bidder

National Broadband Plan tenderers to go before PAC

Eir and Enet among firms volunteering to assist in scrutiny of scheme rollout and costs

National broadband plan was in crisis long before the Naughten controversy

Questions remain around plan’s costs and native industry shunning of project

Naughten told sole broadband bidder its price was too high

Report finds former minister did not influence process in favour of Granahan McCourt

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