Fibre broadband rollout expands in Mayo

National Broadband Ireland (NBI) have today announced that 2,000 Mayo homes and businesses have made further progress through its high-speed fibre rollout. 

The company is rolling out the new high speed fibre broadband network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan.

In Mayo, there are approximately 37,000 premises in the Intervention Area (IA), which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools. 

Under the National Broadband Plan, Mayo will see an investment of €145 million in the new high speed fibre network. 

The investment 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.

Over 700 premises in NBI’s Belclare deployment area, including Kilmaine, Shrule and Cong, have now completed the engineering survey works phase and will shortly move into the network build phase of the project. 

Construction has also commenced to deliver high-speed broadband to almost 300 homes, farms and businesses near Finny and Toormakeady in the Maam deployment area.

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Furthermore, works for 1,055 premises near Louisburgh in the Killadoon deployment area are also at an advanced stage, with these homes and businesses set to be connected to the NBI high-speed fibre broadband network by the end of the year. 

Chief Executive Officer of National Broadband Ireland Deployment, TJ Malone, said: "Our teams are working on the ground all over the country and considerable progress has been made on the rollout in Mayo. 

“High-speed fibre broadband is now available to order for 10,487 premises across the county, with 2,458 connections made so far. This includes 2,000 premises near Castlebar, 1,800 near Newport, over 2,100 near Ballina and 1,500 in the Carrowmorelacken deployment area,” he added.

Mr Malone continued to explain the group is ‘working hard on the ground to progress other areas’.

“We are encouraging Mayo residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates,” he concluded.

To keep up with the latest connection dates, Mayo residents can visit the National Broadband Ireland website, which is frequently updated. 

The easiest way to receive real-time updates on the status of premises during the rollout and availability for order is to sign up for NBI email notifications, which can be done on their website.