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MICHAEL WOLSEY: It’s the €3bn National White Elephant Plan

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2019 0

WORK on installations for the National Broadband Plan will begin in January and the Government believes it will all be completed by 2027. Well, that’s what it says. But there are elections looming and politicians would say Mass if they thought it would get them a few extras votes. Judging by other State projects, 2037 […]

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10 rural ‘hubs’ in Kilkenny to get high-speed broadband in 2020

By Kilkenny Now 20th November 2019 0

High-speed broadband will be delivered to 10 rural ‘hubs’ across Kilkenny in 2020. The news comes after the Government yesterday announced it will invest €72 million to deliver high-speed broadband to 18,092 locations in Kilkenny by 2025. Fine Gael Councillor Patrick O’Neill defended the cost of the project, saying the rollout of high speed broadband […]

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How Kilkenny towns can hook up to the high-speed broadband highway

By Kilkenny Now 17th May 2019 0

TOWNS across Kilkenny are being given the opportunity to set up their very own community broadband services. But they only have until the end of this month have until May 31 to qualify for up to €30,000 in supports for a business plan, Kilkenny LEADER Partnership (KLP) has announced. KLP CEO Declan Rice said advisory […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: ‘Abandon this broadband plan before it bankrupts us all’

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2019 Post a comment

IF you choose to live in the centre of a city there are some problems you will have to contend with. It will be noisy, possibly by night as well as day. If you own a car, you will have trouble parking. You will trip over tourists every time you leave the house. And when […]

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Now Brexit fears are delaying roll-out of broadband to rural parts of Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2019 0

GROWING fears and uncertainty over the fallout of Brexit is causing new delays to the roll out of vital broadband services to rural parts of Kilkenny. The Government has said it will not proceed with the plan to connect half a million rural homes and businesses across Kilkenny and the rest of the country to […]