Quality Broadband Infrastructure Needed To Ensure Clare Benefits From Development Of Offshore Wind

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The CEO of the Western Development Commission insists that high quality broadband infrastructure needs to be in place to ensure that Clare benefits from the development of offshore wind at Moneypoint.

The roll-out of the National Broadband Plan has seen one of the slowest progressions in this county, with the 3,500 premises that had been expected to be ready for connection by the end of this year now likely to be significantly reduced.

It comes as a new survey from National Broadband Ireland shows that 7 in 10 people living in regional areas feel high-speed broadband could provide opportunities for better paid work.

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Quin native and head of the Western Development Commission, Tomás Ó’Siocháin, says a thriving offshore and onshore wind industry will be in place in the county in the next ten years, and that we need to ensure that it’s not just international companies who benefit.

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