# broadband - Saturday 9 October, 2021
# WFH
Budget negotiations to continue this weekend on whether to give a tax break or cash boost to people working from home, reports Political Correspondent Christina Finn Concerns raised that increasing the percentage someone can claim back on their bills might encourage people to be less careful about their household energy consumption. The pension and welfare package will be a 'big part' of the Budget next week, says Varadkar
# broadband - Friday 9 April, 2021
# Broadband
# Broadband
Protests against the 1 February coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi are still ongoing.
# broadband - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Outages
# Outages
The problem emerged earlier this evening, when customers across the country reported internet outages.
# broadband - Friday 10 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
There has been increased pressure on the networks as more people work from home and connect with loved ones.
# broadband - Wednesday 29 January, 2020
# Deeptech
# Deeptech
Chief executive Carolan Lennon on rolling out the firm’s €1bn investment strategy.
# broadband - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
# Controversy
# Controversy
The cabinet met this morning to facilitate signing off on the multi-billion euro plan.
# broadband - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Networks
# Networks
Sinn Féin says it is open to talks with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil after the next general election.
# broadband - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
Fianna Fáil’s Timmy Dooley said the decision to proceed is a matter for government.
# broadband - Saturday 24 August, 2019
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
The fees were paid to firms for advice given from 2013 to date.
# broadband - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Government sources state that more delays will come at further extra costs.
# broadband - Monday 8 July, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Eir’s CEO told an Oireachtas committee recently that it could deliver the NBP for less than €1 billion.
# broadband - Wednesday 26 June, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The company’s CEO Carolan Lennon has said Eir could implement the National Broadband Plan for less than €1 billion.
# broadband - Thursday 13 June, 2019
# Outage
# Outage
Vodafone mobile data and broadband services were affected by the outage this afternoon.
# broadband - Thursday 9 May, 2019
# WiFi
# WiFi
FIanna Fáil says if in power it would set up an agency in the ESB to roll out broadband to rural Ireland.
# Broadband Controversy
# Broadband Controversy
The government was told the private bidder will, “in effect”, recoup its investment by 2028. By then, the State will have invested billions.
# broadband - Wednesday 8 May, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Minister Paschal Donohoe has told the Dáil that no projects would be delayed or in risk because of the plan.
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Cabinet yesterday signed off on the National Broadband Plan.
# broadband - Sunday 10 March, 2019
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The National Broadband Plan was due to be finished next year – but work is yet to even start.
# broadband - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
# Warning
# Warning
Gardaí are warning people to be on the alert to a phone scam in which fraudsters claim to be calling from utility companies.
# broadband - Thursday 6 December, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
That was according to the Secretary General of the Department of Communications Mark Griffin.
# broadband - Tuesday 4 December, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Former minister Denis Naughten also addressed the Dáil this evening.
# broadband - Tuesday 27 November, 2018
# Review Published
# Review Published
The review relied on statements by Naughten, David McCourt and others as no formal minutes were taken at these meetings.
# broadband - Thursday 18 October, 2018
# Pressure
# Pressure
The Taoiseach believes Breen’s involvement is not a resigning matter.
# broadband - Wednesday 17 October, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
The review follows the resignation of Denis Naughten as Communications Minister over his dinners with David McCourt.
# broadband - Tuesday 16 October, 2018
# Broadband Plan
# Broadband Plan
Taoiseach repeated today that he did not think it was a resigning matter.
# broadband - Thursday 11 October, 2018
# Gone
# Gone
He made the announcement in the Dáil this afternoon.
# broadband - Tuesday 18 September, 2018
# National Broadband Plan
# National Broadband Plan
Nokia and enet are part of the consortium’s bid.
# broadband - Monday 30 July, 2018
# Explainer
# Explainer
SSE pulled out of the tendering process yesterday.
# broadband - Sunday 1 July, 2018
# Outage
# Outage
Vodafone has confirmed that there was an issue with the provider’s fixed broadband this morning.
# broadband - Tuesday 6 March, 2018
# Broadband
# Broadband
The ASAI also upheld a complaint against Lidl in relation to a competition it ran.
# broadband - Tuesday 27 February, 2018
# Logging Off
# Logging Off
Conal Henry has stepped down as the CEO of Enet.
# broadband - Wednesday 7 February, 2018
# Not Happening
# Not Happening
Fianna Fáil’s communications spokesman Timmy Dooley had suggested that the procurement process should be halted in order to ‘review’ the tender.
# broadband - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
# Computer Says No
# Computer Says No
Fianna Fáil will tonight ask the government to stall the procurement process and review what has gone wrong in the roll-out of broadband.
# Column
# Column
“I feel like the people of rural Ireland have been let down, with broken promise after broken promise.”
# broadband - Thursday 1 February, 2018
# Connection Disrupted
# Connection Disrupted
“We couldn’t make a business case stack up,” Eir CEO Richard Moat said. “So regrettably, we had to pull out.”
# broadband - Saturday 6 January, 2018
# Computer Says No
# Computer Says No
Rural TDs have hit out against Minister Denis Naughten who admitted it could be up to five years before all connections are done.
# broadband - Wednesday 27 September, 2017
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
Éamon Ó Cuív TD made the claim last week.
# broadband - Tuesday 26 September, 2017
# DOWN THE LINE
# DOWN THE LINE
A number of telecoms companies are bidding for a State contract to bring broadband to 542,000 customers.
# broadband - Tuesday 29 August, 2017
# Rural Broadband
# Rural Broadband
St Kevin’s in Laragh still has to contend with internet speeds of 5mb.
# broadband - Friday 14 April, 2017
# Poor Service
# Poor Service
The company blamed the weather for delivering poor phone services in 2015.
