A government minister has accused eir of behaving like a “spoiled child” over the National Broadband Plan. “Eir remind me of a spoiled child when they get a sweet,” Mr Ring said. A consortium led by Granahan McCourt, the last remaining bidder for the three-billion euro contract for the rollout of rural broadband, was announced as the preferred bidder in May. “I’m shocked that Fianna Fail are against broadband in rural Ireland, now they’d want to make up their mind if they’re for broadband for rural Ireland or they’re not,” he said. The people of rural Ireland want the broadband, need the broadband and are entitled to broadband.”- Press Association

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 23:03 UTC