High-speed connectivity on the way as almost 300 Longford homes, farms and businesses near Moyne and Drumlish see build works commence 

8,500 homes, businesses and farms in Longford can avail of a high-speed connection today 

National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the new future-proofed, high-speed Fibre-to-the-Home network under the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) today announced that construction is underway to deliver high-speed broadband to almost 300 homes, farms and businesses in the Rooskey and Carrigallen deployment areas in Co Longford.  

Network build works are underway for 120 Longford premises in the Rooskey deployment area. This includes the rural townlands and surrounds of Drumlish, Newtown Forbes and Barraghbeg. Meanwhile, build works have commenced for 175 premises in the Carrigallen deployment area, including the rural communities of Moyne and Legga. 

9,000 premises in Co Longford are included in the State’s Intervention Area, which will see NBI deliver minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second to homes, businesses, farms, and schools. As the biggest investment in rural Ireland since rural electrification, Co Longford will receive €34m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan. 

Having successfully completed the survey and design phase of the project, 120 Longford premises in the Rooskey deployment area are under construction to have high-speed fibre network, due to be connected by summer 2025, while 175 premises in the Carrigallen deployment area are on track to be connected by the end of the year. The National Broadband Ireland website is regularly updated to show estimated connection dates. Signing up to the NBI email notifications at /eoi/ is the easiest way to get the most up-to-date status for your premises during the rollout and when premises will be ready for order. 

Works have already been completed in other parts of Longford, such as Ballymahon and Aucgnacliffe. There is a total of 9,000 premises that can now order or pre-order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county, with 2,822 premises already connected to the network. NBI is calling on people to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect. 

NBI has now passed over 344,000 homes, farms and businesses in rural Ireland with almost 118,000 of these now connected to high-speed broadband. The average take-up rate of 33% is well ahead of projections and international comparisons and surpasses 50% in areas of the country where the network has been live for 18 months. 

TJ Malone, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland Deployment said: “Our teams are working on the ground all over the country and considerable progress has been made on the developments in Longford. High-speed fibre broadband is now available to order for over 8,500 including:

  • over 2,100 near Aucgnacliffe,
  • over 1,400 near Ballymahon,
  • over 1,800 near Lismacaffrey, and
  • over 3,300 surrounding Longford town.

“We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey and design phases. We are encouraging Longford residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates. 

“Our overarching goal is to improve digital connectivity across the country. With minimum internet speed of 500 megabites per second, this new Fibre-to-the-Home network will play a pivotal role in sustaining local businesses and communities.” 

As a wholesale network operator, NBI does not sell fibre broadband directly to end users, rather it enables services from a range of broadband providers or Retail Service Providers (RSPs). As a wholesale provider, NBI will make the new Fibre-to-the-Home network available to all RSPs operating in the Intervention Area.    

Some 73 RSPs have already signed up to sell services on the NBI™ network and 69 are certified as ready to start providing connections as of today. To see the retail broadband providers that are currently licensed to sell on the NBI™ network, visit NBI.ie/buy. 

The National Broadband Ireland website is regularly updated to show estimated connection dates. Signing up to the NBI email notifications at /eoi/ is the easiest way to get the most up to date status of premises during the rollout and when premises will be ready for order.   

Keep up to Speed!   

NBI is encouraging people to check their eligibility and register for updates at nbi.ie to receive regular notifications related to their own premises as works progress in their area.   

Broadband Connection Points 

In advance of the Fibre-to-the-Home rollout, the NBP provides for the delivery of Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) nationwide. 955 of these sites, including Public BCPs, are now ‘live’. Public BCPs – which include sports clubs, community centres and tourist sites – will provide free public access to high-speed internet in the rollout area. Other BCP categories include schools and marts. 

BCPs will pave the way for rural communities to receive the benefits of broadband, from mobile working, e-learning and mobile banking, to digital tourism. You can view BCPs at nbi.ie/bcp-map/. An example of some of the locations of Broadband Connection Points in Longford include Ballymore Shamrocks GAA Club, Abbeyshrule Airport and Moydow Community Centre. Primary schools in the Intervention Area are now connected for educational access as part of the NBP.