NBI broadband network on the way for 550 homes and businesses on four islands
Residents on Clare Island in Mayo, Tory Island in Donegal, and Bere and Dursey Islands in Cork can now avail of connectivity using National Broadband Ireland’s fibre network. The first connections are set to go live through retail partners in late summer 2025.
The rollout will ensure that 552 premises across these islands gain access to reliable, high-speed connectivity, including: 169 remises on Clare Island, Co Mayo; 115 on Tory Island, Co Donegal; 250 on Bere Island; and 18 on Dursey Island off the Beara Peninsula, Cork.
Peter Hendrick, chief executive officer, National Broadband Ireland (pictured), said: “At the heart of the National Broadband Plan is our mission to ensure that no community is left behind. This commitment includes remote and rural areas, as well as our island communities.
“Islanders who connect to the NBI network will have access to the same quality, speeds and reliability that our network offers to anyone living on the mainland.
“Overall, we’re delivering this critical infrastructure to 27 islands, and we expect to make significant progress on the rollout to these communities across 2025.
“With almost 70 different Internet providers offering broadband services on the NBI network and with January typically being switching season, there are certainly merit in shopping around to see what options are available.”
The NBI network is already live on 10 islands including Hare Island and Long Island off the coast of Cork; Turbot Island and Inishturk South Island off the coast of Galway; Inishlyre Island and Collanmore Island off the coast of Mayo; as well as Inishfree Island, Rutland Island, Eadarinis Island and Eighter Island off the coast of Donegal.
NBI has now passed 320,829 homes, farms and businesses in rural Ireland to high-speed broadband with just over 110,043 now connected. The average take-up rate of 34% is well ahead of projections and international comparisons and surpasses 50% in areas of the country where the network has been live for 18 months.
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