I have been working with Eircom Networks for some time to advance and accelerate the rollout of their high speed ‘eFibre’ broadband offering across the local area and to escalate different queries that come in from constituents. I understand that Johnstown village has been listing as being “enabled” on the website however orders could not be placed when people rang in.

I have followed this up with Eircom and I can now advise as follows:Two broadband cabinets are being installed, “Johnstown_01”, which is located at the rear of the Centra shop and “Johnstown_02” which is at the entrance of St. John’s Court/Grove. “Johnstown_01” is now physically in place but still awaiting power connections. ESB need to next power up the cabinet and this typically takes between 4-6 weeks after installation. The current forecast date for “Johnstown_01” to “Go-Live” is December. Once live approximately 135 addresses served off this cabinet should be in scope to qualify for high speed broadband. This should cover most of Johnstown Manor and the properties in / around the village centre.

The second cabinet, “Johnstown_02”, is to be installed at John’s Grove but is not physically completed yet with fibre feed installed; I am waiting for an installation date on that cabinet.

The prediction at this stage is that “Johnstown_01” will be in a position to accept orders by Christmas but “Johnstown_02” is likely to lag behind into the New Year.