High-speed broadband to be delivered in Ballymore and Tang

Work has started on the delivery of high-speed broadband to almost 1,000 premises in the communities of Ballymore, Ardnagrath and Tang.

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) made the announcement recently.

It said the survey and design phase of the project to bring the broadband to 978 premises in that part of Westmeath was completed, and construction had commenced.

Under the National Broadband Plan, Westmeath will see an investment of €46m in the new high speed fibre network, with about 13,000 premises, including homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools, set to benefit.

This will enable e-learning, remote monitoring of livestock or equipment, e-health initiatives, better energy efficiency in the home, and facilitate increased levels of remote working.

It said works have already been completed in other parts of Westmeath and there are 5,862 premises that are available to order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 463 already connected to the network.

National Broadband Ireland is calling on people to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.