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Businesses in Ballina will be celebrating the announcement by Smart Telecom that they now have the capability to connect and operate the MAN system in Ballina. The connection of the fibre network will mean that Ballina will be the only town in Mayo capable of offering this level of communication and will make the north Mayo capital a more attractive location for business.

The countdown has begun in earnest for the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in May, and the organisers are calling on the city to “pull together” to showcase Galway for the long-term benefit of the local economy.

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.

Galway is set to transform into a technological powerhouse during the two-week Volvo Ocean Race stopover event from May23 to June 6.