Over 1,600 Limerick homes, businesses and farms near Abbeyfeale can now connect to fibre broadband on NBI™ network  

  13,200 premises in Co Limerick 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 National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, has said that over 1,600 Limerick premises in its Abbeyfeale deployment area can now avail of a high-speed fibre broadband connection. The includes the rural surrounds and townlands of Dromtrasna, Caher and Rathronan.  

22,000 premises in Co Limerick 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 Limerick will receive €84m of Government investment under the National Broadband Plan.  

  There are 1,622 Limerick premises in the Abbeyfeale deployment area that can join the NBI™ network. National Broadband Ireland is calling on people living nearby to visit nbi.ie/map/ and enter their Eircode to see if they are ready to connect.  

Works have already been completed in other parts of Limerick, including the rural surrounds of Adare, Hospital, and Limerick City. There is a total of 13,200 premises that can now pre-order or order high-speed, reliable broadband across the county with 4,607 connections made so far.  

 Network build works are also continuing across Limerick with build works in progress for over 1,400 premises near Castleconnell in the Newport deployment area, due to be connected at the end of the year. 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. 

Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland, said: “We are delighted to announce that over 1,600 Limerickpremises in the Abbeyfeale deployment area can now order high-speed broadband services through the NBI™ network. This will enable those who connect to experience the life-changing benefits of high-speed broadband with minimum speeds of 500 megabits per second.  

 “Overall, 13,200 homes, businesses and farms in Co Limerick can now order a high-speed fibre connection to the NBI™ network. This includes almost 4,600 premises near Adare, over 2,800 premises near Hospital, and almost 2,200 premises in the rural surrounds of Limerick City. We are working hard on the ground to progress other areas of the county through engineering survey, design and construction phases. We are encouraging Limerick residents to visit the NBI website to check their Eircode and sign up for updates.”  

 National Rollout Progress  
NBI has now passed over 373,000 homes, farms and businesses in rural Ireland with over 132,000 connected to high-speed broadband. Take-up rates already average 35% and continue to climb, approaching 60% in areas where the network has been live the longest.   

Broadband Provider Choice  
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. Over 50 different broadband providers are currently licensed to sell on the NBI™ network – visit NBI.ie/buy to see the range of providers in your area.  

 Broadband Connection Points   
The NBP provides for the delivery of Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) which include sports clubs, community centres and tourist sites, with these locations providing free public access to high-speed internet in the rollout area. In addition to the Fibre-to-the-Home programme, BCPs pave the way for rural communities to receive the benefits of broadband, from mobile working, e-learning and mobile banking, to digital tourism.  

  Nationwide, 955 BCPs are now ‘live’. You can view BCP locations at www.nbi.ie/bcp-map/.  

  Examples of Broadband Connection Points in Limerick include Halla Íde Naofa, Strand Community Centre, and Gerald Griffin Resource Centre. 

  Primary schools in the Intervention Area are also now connected for educational access as part of the NBP.