Broadband

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  4 days ago

  Independent auditor of National Broadband Plan to examine new documents

  The independent auditor reviewing the National Broadband Plan is to examine new documents that have emerged from the Department of Communications.

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  5 days ago

  Two more meetings between Denis Naughten and David McCourt revealed

  Two more meetings between former Communications Minister Denis Naughten and businessman David McCourt have been revealed following the National Broadband Plan controversy.

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  8 days ago

  Junior communications minister confident broadband plan tendering process will continue

  The junior communications minister says he is confident the tendering process for the National Broadband Plan will be able to continue.

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  10 days ago

  Eir 'working to resolve' widespread broadband outage

  Eir customers have been left without broadband for several hours today.

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  11 days ago

  Martin writes to Taoiseach proposing they 'both agree not to bring down government' until Brexit resolved

  Latest: Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has written to the Taoiseach telling him that it would be best that they "both agree not to bring down the government".

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  12 days ago

  Minister for State Pat Breen arranged dinner between Naughten and broadband bidder

  Minister of State Pat Breen has said tonight that he did attend a number of meetings and events with David McCourt, including a dinner with former Minister Naughten.

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  12 days ago

  Naughten resigns: A timeline of 10 days that toppled a minister

  10 days that toppled a minister (and possibly a Government):

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  12 days ago

  Naughten quits: Minister had four private dinners with broadband bidder, Taoiseach says

  Communications Minister Denis Naughten has resigned from cabinet over revelations he met three times with the only bidder still in the national broadband plan process.

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  12 days ago

  Denis Naughten not involved in broadband tendering process, says Varadkar

  The Taoiseach has defended the Communications Minister's meetings with a businessman involved in the consortium bidding for the tender for the National Broadband Plan which is worth over €500m.

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  13 days ago

  Denis Naughten paid for Leinster House lunch for broadband plan bidder

  Mr Naughten also admitted that despite having responsibility for climate change he did not ask for a high-profile carbon tax rise in Tuesday's budget.

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  13 days ago

  Taoiseach defends Denis Naughten amid accusations of 'contaminating' tendering process of broadband contract

  Communications Minister Denis Naughten has been accused of "contaminating" the tendering process of the multi-million national broadband contract.

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  14 days ago

  Enet stake sold by national broadband plan bidder

  Private investment fund Granahan McCourt, which is leading the sole consortium bidding for the National Broadband Plan, has sold its stake in telecoms firm Enet to the State-backed Irish Infrastructure Fund.

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  29 days ago

  Lightning-quick 1GB broadband set to increase the pace of Irish rural life

  Siro’s plan to transform Irish broadband internet speeds has excited one industry veteran — Vodafone’s Liam O’Brien — like nothing else previously, writes Pádraig Hoare.

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  34 days ago

  Final tender submitted for rural broadband plan

  The sole bidder for the long-mooted National Broadband Plan says it has submitted a final tender for the project, six years after the vision was first mooted by the former coalition government.

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  35 days ago

  Minister hails 'landmark day' after Enet remains as sole bidder for high-speed broadband across country

  It is a landmark day for the roll-out of rural broadband according to the Communications Minister, Denis Naughten.

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  63 days ago

  Home broadband speeds not getting faster but 60% of customers satisfied, survey shows

  A new survey shows home broadband speeds are not getting faster - but customers appear happier.

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  85 days ago

  National Broadband Plan not dead in the water, says Taoiseach

  The Minister Of State at the Department of Communications believes the government will be in a position to sign a contract on the national broadband plan by the end of the year.

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  85 days ago

  National broadband plan ‘could face legal fight’

  The Government’s long-delayed national broadband plan could be open to a legal challenge because of SSE’s decision to pull out of the deal.

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  87 days ago

  SSE pulls out of National Broadband Plan tendering bid

  There are reports tonight that SSE has pulled out of the tendering process for the National Broadband Plan.

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  105 days ago

  Ireland has 36th slowest broadband speed in the world

  Annual global rates have just been published showing we are just behind the UK, and just ahead of Austria.