*Photograph: John Mangan
CONSTRUCTION is underway to deliver high-speed broadband to over 1,600 homes, farms and businesses in the Labasheeda area.
Labasheeda, Kilmihil and Coolmeen are all included in the figure of 1,600 by National Broadband Ireland (NBI).
23,000 premises in Clare are included in the State’s Intervention Area, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms, and schools. Clare will receive €89m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.
Having successfully completed the survey and design phase of the project, 1,632 Clare premises in the Labasheeda deployment area are under construction to have high-speed fibre network, due to be connected by the end of the year.
Works have already been completed in other parts of Clare and there is a total of 11,778 premises that can now order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 4,509 premises already connected to the network.
TJ Malone, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland Deployment said: “Our teams are working on the ground all over the country and considerable progress has been made on the developments in Clare. High-speed fibre broadband is now available to order for almost 11,800 including over 3,600 premises near Kilkishen and almost 2,000 near Tiermaclane.
“We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey and design phases. We are encouraging Clare residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates.
“Our overarching goal is to improve digital connectivity across the country. With minimum internet speed of 500 megabites per second, this new Fibre-to-the-Home network will play a pivotal role in sustaining local businesses and communities”.
