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State broadband scheme likely to cost more than €1bn
- Technology
- February 2, 2018, 05:50
The National Broadband Plan is likely to cost more than the €1 billion previously signalled because of the high cost of connecting homes in rural par(...)

Fears of high costs after Eir withdraws from broadband scheme
- Politics
- February 2, 2018, 01:00
Fine Gael TDs have raised concerns about the effect of Eir’s decision to withdraw its bid for the national rural broadband scheme. The company, the S(...)

Rural broadband: entrenching a two-speed nation
- Editorial
- February 2, 2018, 00:10
The absence of high-speed broadband across much of rural Ireland has been one of the major failures of government over the past decade. That is why th(...)

What went wrong with the rural broadband scheme?
- Technology
- February 1, 2018, 19:49
How much of a Government priority is broadband? When then minister for communications Pat Rabbitte launched the National Broadband Plan (NBP) in 2012(...)

Rural broadband deal will be done by September, says Tánaiste
- Oireachtas
- February 1, 2018
A scheme to provide rural broadband will be in place by September so the Government can deliver it rapidly, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has told the Dáil. (...)

Rural broadband hits another obstacle as Eir pulls out of process
- Technology
- January 31, 2018, 22:03
The single biggest question hanging over Eir’s sudden departure from the Government’s broadband process is who pulled the plug, effectively turning th(...)

Naughten raises prospect of ‘plan B’ after Eir’s exit from broadband process
- Technology
- January 31, 2018, 20:50
Minister for Communications Denis Naughten has, for the first time, raised the prospect of pursuing an alternative plan to bring high-speed broadband (...)

SSE Irish electricity generation arm books loss as it gears up for I-SEM
- Energy & Resources
- January 24, 2018, 14:42
The Irish electricity generation arm of London listed energy company SSE has posted a loss of €11.1 million stemming from a revaluation of oil-burning(...)

European equities flat as China suffers biggest slump in 2 years
- Markets
- November 23, 2017, 19:42
Ireland’s benchmark Iseq overall index dropped by 0.51 per cent on Thursday - a day when no stocks were traded in New York due to Thanksgiving. Acro(...)

Centrica shares plunge as profit warning issued
- Energy & Resources
- November 23, 2017, 13:05
Centrica plunged the most in 20 years after Britain’s biggest energy supplier to homes warned profit would be lower than expected as an increasing num(...)