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REVEALED: Kilkenny to get €68m to deliver broadband into every home, business and farm in county

By Kilkenny Now 9th May 2019 0

KILKENNY will receive €68 million in Government funding to deliver high-speed broadband to every home, business and farm in the country. The National Broadband Plan announced by the Government is the single largest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification. The Government has come under fire over the final bill of the rural broadband plan […]

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Kilkenny’s Big Phil backs rural broadband plan – despite €3bn price tag

By Kilkenny Now 29th April 2019 0

IRELAND’S EU Commissioner, former Kilkenny TD Phil Hogan, has said rollout of high-speed broadband to rural areas must happen as soon as possible – despite the growing controversy over the estimated €3 billion cost of the project. The Sunday Independent today reports that the country’s most senior civil servants warned Cabinet ministers the €3bn National […]

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Rural Kilkenny to finally get high-speed broadband, but plan will cost taxpayers €3bn

By Kilkenny Now 26th April 2019 59

THE Government is set to give the green light to the rollout of the national broadband plan, which will finally deliver high-speed internet facilities to rural parts of Kilkenny. However, the cost of the project to taxpayers is likely to be a whopping €3 billion, according to reports this morning. The Irish Times, citing briefings […]

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Kilkenny’s net loss: yet another delay in roll-out of National Broadband Plan

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2019 0

RURAL parts of Kilkenny still without high speed internet access face another delay before the roll-out of the crisis-plagued National Broadband Plan (NBP). The latest setback came as Communications Minister Richard Bruton confirmed the NBP will not go before Cabinet today. It had been previously suggested by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that the matter would be […]

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Net loss: Rural parts of Kilkenny face more broadband delays

By Kilkenny Now 23rd December 2018 0

RURAL parts of Kilkenny still without high speed internet access face another delay before the roll-out of the crisis-plagued National Broadband Plan. The latest setback came as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admitted a decision on the embattled project may not be made for another two months. The broadband plan has been engulfed in controversy over the […]