Penneys bound for Bray, and rural Ireland faces new broadband delay

Seen & Heard: Hospitality fit-outs, Quinlan bankruptcy case and Keogh’s crisp profits

First homes connect under national broadband plan

Cork and Cavan first to receive broadband with service for Limerick and Galway to come

Government plans network of over 400 remote working hubs

Infrastructure may be operated by common booking platform, allowing users book a seat

National Broadband Ireland criticised for ‘gaps’ in rollout of scheme

Company behind €3bn project accused of not providing sufficient information about the rollout on its website

Sky generates €751m in revenues from Irish subscription services

Sky Ireland boosted by Sports Extra and growth from existing businesses including Now TV

Government considers fast-tracking National Broadband Plan

Covid crisis has highlighted importance of good broadband, says minister

The Irish Times view on the National Broadband Plan contract: Devil may lie in unknown detail

The 25-year contract requires National Broadband Ireland (NBI) – the vehicle set up by winning bidder US firm Granahan McCourt – to deliver high-speed broadband to 542,000 mainly rural homes and premises

Government publishes heavily redacted version of National Broadband Plan

Much of the published version, which runs to more than 3,000 pages, is blacked out

National Broadband Plan customers to get download speed boost

Company delivering €3bn plan triples minimum download speed to 500mbps

Government to publish broadband contract nine months after controversial deal

Department says it will publish redacted version of €3bn contract in coming weeks

Eir risks losing ‘at least €125m’ in broadband scheme revenues

ComReg wholesale rate update could reduce equipment lease revenue for telco

Granahan McCourt drops out of Northern Ireland broadband scheme

Company behind State’s €3bn broadband plan cites timeline problems due to Covid-19

Up to 300 high-speed internet hubs to be deployed by end of year

Project is being rolled out in advance of National Broadband Plan

Broadband plan: First 35 areas to get high-speed service are revealed

Phase one of the national plan is focused on locations in east, midlands and around cities

‘Rolls-Royce’ rural broadband to cost €6,000 per household

Rollout to 542,000 homes will transform telecoms landscape, but at a high price

Location of 300 high-speed internet hubs revealed under broadband plan

Areas with worst connections to benefit first as €3 billion scheme is rolled out

Q&A: What is the broadband plan and what happens next?

Cost of the scheme has ballooned to nearly €3 billion, six times the original estimate

Siro now a serious challenger to Eir in fibre arms race

Siro boss John Keaney says telco is about to deepen operations in Cork and Galway and take the fight to Eir in Dublin’s suburbs

Donohoe says extra €200m required to fund National Broadband Plan

Eir’s low-cost approach to plan ruled out by Government as ‘an inferior product’

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

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

Minister for Finance says broadband profit unlikely

Paschal Donohoe says any cheaper option would not bring plan to all rural households

FF wants committee to investigate broadband contract

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

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