The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government initiative to deliver high-speed broadband to all premises in Ireland. In addition, Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy published in December 2022, sets out a number of targets including that all Irish households and businesses will be covered by a Gigabit network no later than 2028.
In County Mayo, a significant investment of €145 million is being made under the NBP. There are over 18,585 premises including homes, farms and businesses passed with a high-speed fibre broadband network and 22,212 premises available to order/pre-order, with over 5,830 premises now connected.
A further circa 19,415 premises in Mayo will be passed by NBI’s high speed fibre broadband by the end of the network deployment.
Details are available on specific areas within County Mayo which can be monitored via nbi.ie/reps/. NBI has a dedicated email address, reps@nbi.ie, which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries. It should be noted that NBI provide this information for County Mayo based on NBI deployment areas rather than exact county boundaries.
NBI have advised that County Mayo compromises of 23 Deployment Area’s. Details specific to each DA are detailed in the table below.
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Deployment Area
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Number of Premises
|
Connected
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Status
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Anticipated Date for Connection
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Achill Sound
|
3190
|
629
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Ballina
|
2172
|
804
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Ballinrobe
|
3366
|
541
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Belclare
|
740
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
July 2026 – September 2026
|
|
Belmullet
|
2030
|
258
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Carrowmorelack
|
1556
|
441
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Castlebar
|
2066
|
968
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Claremorris
|
2379
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
October 2026- December 2026
|
|
Cloonfad
|
1708
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
July 2026 – September 2026
|
|
Carrowholly Westport
|
5
|
1
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Clare Island
|
169
|
48
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Dooleeg
|
1468
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
October 2026- December 2026
|
|
Glenamoy
|
962
|
201
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Gurteen
|
149
|
31
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Killadoon
|
1087
|
269
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Kiltimagh
|
2419
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
July 2026 – September 2026
|
|
Knock
|
3317
|
51
|
Network Build in Progress
|
April 2026 – June 2026
|
|
Knockmore
|
2335
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
October 2026 – December 2026
|
|
Liscarney
|
2114
|
735
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Maam
|
122
|
19
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Manulla
|
1705
|
0
|
Network Build in Progress
|
October 2026 – December 2026
|
|
Newport
|
1812
|
748
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
|
Tubbercurry
|
284
|
88
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Available to Order/Pre-Order
|
Along with the NBP intervention plan, progress is being made by commercial operators in expanding their next generation networks throughout the country including county Mayo ensuring the targets set out in the Digital Connectivity Strategy are achieved.
Open eir have advised my department they have already passed over 48,497 homes and businesses in Mayo with gigabit services, SIRO and Virgin Media have advised they are continuing to increase their network footprint right across County Mayo having passed 8,572 and 7,807 premises respectively.
