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On Monday, Claremorris will announce its step into the future when it sets out its plans to become Ireland’s first fibre town. The project will be launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the McWilliam Park Hotel in the town.

Kiltimagh could have a company with a 150 strong workforce set up in the morning, thanks to having a state-of-the art enterprise ready office building with fibre broadband, something that is not available in Castlebar. That is something that the county town needs if it is to be serious about attracting new businesses, the members of Castlebar Town Council were told last week.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny has appointed Deputy Michelle Mulherin as chair of the newly formed Fine Gael Policy Committee for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, switched on a world-class telecoms and high-speed broadband network in his hometown of Claremorris.

Kilkenny’s newest business district, Danville Business Park, will encourage new and dynamic businesses to relocate to Kilkenny, according to Minister for Trade and Commerce John McGuinness.

The members of Ballina Electoral Area committee were given a briefing by Niall Beirne of E-Net on the metropolitan area network in Ballina. Mr Beirne told the members that Ballina currently has three companies signed up to the MAN, the Department of Environment, Hollister, and Thomas Crosbie Holdings. The network of fibreoptic cables which runs under the town was installed as part of a national programme of 27 towns in 2003 and is owned by the local authority but operated by E-Net, which sells access to the MAN to third party telecom companies such as Smart Telecom, Verizon, and BT which are operating in Ballina at present.

e|net, the company which operates the State’s metropolitan area network (MAN) programme, has announced that the Kiltimagh MAN has been “lit”, or activated, with CMS Peripherals, a leading information storage and consumer product distributor, connecting to the network.

The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) has recommended in a report published recently that a metropolitan area network should be built in Castlebar.