Every home, farm, school and business in Ireland will have access to high speed broadband – no matter where they are located – following the Government’s decision to approve the appointment of a preferred bidder to the National Broadband Plan. Under this plan, Ireland will become one of the first countries in the world to ensure that those in rural areas have the same digital opportunities as those in urban areas. In April 2017 my Department published an updated High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour coded and searchable by address or Eircode.
The following table details the percentage of premises to be covered by the State Intervention and through commercial investment by county.
|
Townland
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Premises within the NBP Intervention Area
|
Premises within Commercial Operators Area
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Premises within eir's 300k FTTH rural deployment
|
Total
|
|
Carlow
|
7,892
|
20,045
|
167
|
28,104
|
|
Cavan
|
17,061
|
24,814
|
309
|
42,184
|
|
Clare
|
23,409
|
44,108
|
1,280
|
68,797
|
|
Cork
|
75,173
|
192,291
|
3,741
|
271,205
|
|
Donegal
|
34,180
|
66,800
|
1,085
|
102,065
|
|
Dublin
|
11,482
|
597,700
|
278
|
609,460
|
|
Galway
|
39,337
|
93,892
|
2,504
|
135,733
|
|
Kerry
|
28,795
|
58,969
|
1,921
|
89,685
|
|
Kildare
|
14,192
|
78,717
|
517
|
93,426
|
|
Kilkenny
|
18,068
|
29,791
|
296
|
48,155
|
|
Laois
|
12,799
|
26,061
|
499
|
39,359
|
|
Leitrim
|
11,287
|
10,527
|
525
|
22,339
|
|
Limerick
|
21,970
|
74,160
|
1,757
|
97,887
|
|
Longford
|
8,216
|
13,931
|
221
|
22,368
|
|
Louth
|
8,789
|
52,385
|
382
|
61,556
|
|
Mayo
|
36,934
|
42,115
|
4,694
|
83,743
|
|
Meath
|
20,713
|
65,098
|
1,183
|
86,994
|
|
Monaghan
|
15,776
|
17,198
|
210
|
33,184
|
|
Offaly
|
12,444
|
24,260
|
347
|
37,051
|
|
Roscommon
|
18,517
|
19,898
|
794
|
39,209
|
|
Sligo
|
14,356
|
25,327
|
456
|
40,139
|
|
Tipperary
|
30,306
|
50,816
|
2,909
|
84,031
|
|
Waterford
|
16,676
|
45,006
|
308
|
61,990
|
|
Westmeath
|
12,031
|
32,255
|
270
|
44,556
|
|
Wexford
|
21,908
|
60,294
|
707
|
82,909
|
|
Wicklow
|
14,671
|
50,181
|
578
|
65,430
|
The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) publishes a quarterly report which highlight trends in the telecommunications industry. This includes the number of subscriptions in Ireland to high speed broadband services by speed (e.g. download speeds of 30 megabits per second) and by platform (fibre, cable, VDSL etc.). The latest report can be found at www.comreg.ie/publication/quarterly-key-data-report-q2-2019.
