Rural Life
Piltown-Fiddown is Ireland’s first community to build its own FTTP broadband network as they felt left behind in the National Broadband Plan.
Sinn Féin spokesperson for rural development Claire Kerrane has raised concerns about delays to the rollout of the National Broadband Plan.
One in six higher education students in Ireland come from areas with poor broadband coverage, with large differences by geography and by HEIs.
The first farm has been connected with high-speed fibre broadband under the National Broadband Plan (NBP), NBI has announced.
ComReg has published the latest market research survey on the impact of Covid-19 on broadband usage and satisfaction.
Reliable broadband is as important as uninterrupted electricity supply, according to Kilkenny county councillor Mary Hilda Cavanagh.
Jackie Cahill has criticised what he called the "appalling levels of customer service that eir provides to its customers" in rural Ireland.
Independent TD Verona Murphy has raised concerns over the delays rolling out the National Broadband Plan.
On Dublin's 98fm this week, a young man, Lorcan, admitted that being from a farming background, he "really struggled" to relate to people.
The next government must do far more than simply “seek” to accelerate roll-out of the National Broadband Plan, according to Macra.
Minister of State Séan Canney says efforts are underway by various agencies to facilitate the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan.
A nationwide consultation is to be conducted among members of Macra na Feirme to see what issues young people in rural Ireland are facing.
Teetotal farmers should set up an online "Uber" taxi service to help ease rural isolation and to generate extra income, says Peter Casey.
The recent programme by An Post to close down 159 rural post offices has been criticised by the ICMSA as further tipping the balance.
Macra na Feirme President James Healy has welcomed the publication by the European Council of Young Farmers of a survey of young farmers.
N.Ireland
Defra has unveiled a £200 million (€223 million) package for the improvement of rural broadband and on-farm investment in England.
The sale of radio spectrum rights expected to be used for 5G internet could be the answer for rural folks in need of better home internet
The National Broadband Plan has descended into a state of farcical chaos, Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy said.
