People in Mayo still haven't been reconnected to the internet.

Residents in Murrisk feel they have been abandoned and are living in another century after they have been left without an internet service for a number of weeks.

Up to 89 households in the west Mayo community at the foot of Croagh Patrick have been left without an internet service since Storm Éowyn on January 24 - with no timeline as to when it will return.

One resident told The Mayo News that she has been left without answers regarding when the service will return - other than to be told by her service provider that they are waiting for a part to arrive.

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Brenda Berry, a secondary school teacher, explained that without the internet it is almost impossible to do anything and there is a growing frustration among the local people that they have been abandoned by all the internet providers.

“I am getting no information from them and it is outrageous that we are waiting weeks for our internet to be restored. We have been told that there is still no date for it to come back. This is simply unacceptable in this day and age when the internet is so important in our daily lives.

Incompetence

“It is so backward for them to say they are waiting for a part to arrive before they can restore the internet. It shows the incompetence of the internet providers that they can't fix the problem and it reflects badly on our Government who claim that Ireland is a technological country, that we haven't had the internet for weeks. They have got billions from Apple so why can't they get the internet right.

“I am a teacher and how am I supposed to prepare my Junior Cert and Leaving Cert students for their exams if they don't have the internet. We get everything online and there are businesses who have been badly affected.

“It seems that we have been forgotten about and nobody cares less about us. It feels like we are living back in the 90s again. It is pathetic,” she said.

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