NBI to present broadband update at Leitrim County Council meeting

National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has announced that construction has commenced, delivering high-speed broadband to over 2,500 homes, farms and businesses in the Manorhamilton deployment area in Co Leitrim. 

These building works include the rural communities of Dromahair, Lurganboy, and Manorhamilton.

NBI will visit Co Leitrim next week with the company's Chief Commercial Officer, Joe Lavin, delivering an update to the County Council's Economic Strategy Group in the Kinlough Community Centre on Monday, March 4.

Almost 12,000 premises in County Leitrim are included in the State's Intervention Area, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, and farms. 

Co Leitrim will receive €46 million of government investment under the National Broadband Plan, the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification.

The company is delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Government,

Joe Lavin, Chief Commercial Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: "I am delighted to have an opportunity to provide an update to Co Leitrim Councillors and industry representatives. I want to thank the Council for working very constructively with NBI as we are in regular contact on our build works.

"We are rolling out the National Broadband Plan high-speed fibre network with minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to almost 12,000 premises in Leitrim. The benefits of the speed and reliability of NBI fibre are huge. Leitrim residents who connect will be able to work, study and play online all at the same time without interruption. For farms and businesses, high-speed broadband unlocks opportunities to expand and innovate.

"Our teams are making steady progress in Leitrim, where 59% of the NBI broadband network is either under construction or already complete. By the end of this year, over 5,900 premises, or 50% of the total rollout in Leitrim, will be ready to connect.

"Over 1,500 homes and businesses in the county can order or pre-order a connection to high-speed fibre today, including over 900 premises in Carrick-on-Shannon and almost 900 around the Keshcarrigan deployment area." 

Leitrim is below the average take-up rate nationally, with 277 premises connected. NBI expects to conclude a further 1,346 premises around Keshcarrigan, while 2,500 have commenced construction in Manorhamilton. The company expects to make connections available for all by the end of 2026. 

National Broadband Ireland contractors have been on the ground across the country, and over 231,513 premises nationwide can order or pre-order broadband on the NBI network so far.