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NEW €9 MILLION GALWAY BROADBAND NETWORK
Dermot Ahern, T.D., Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, has formally switched-on the new €9 million broadband network in Galway. It represents the largest investment in communications infrastructure in the city and has come in on time and within budget. The 45 kms fibre network is now ready for business, providing world-class broadband services to commercial and industrial premises, schools, hospitals and private homes around the city and to Oranmore. The Galway project is part of the €65 million towns national broadband initiative, which is 90% funded by the Government under the National Development Plan 2000-2006 and is co-funded by the EU under the European Regional Development Fund. In Galway, both the City Council and Co. Council are involved in the network. Nationally, 25 towns from Co Donegal to Cork, are being connected to the backbone broadband running through the country. The Minister is expected to announce shortly the appointment of a company to manage and sell on the communications links. www.dcmnr.gov.ie/