Minister Ossian Smyth paid a visit to Carlow today to mark the 15,000th home connection to the National Broadband network.
It took place at a home in the Tinryland area.
Our Edwina Grace caught up with the Green Party representative who has responsibility for Public Procurement, eGovernment and Circular Economy to find out more:
Others marking the occasion included the homeowner John Monahan, the CEO of locally based Aptus Fergal Kearney and the CEO of National Broadband Ireland Peter Hendrick:
Meanwhile, hear what councillors at the Castlecomer Municipal District had to say about the rollout at their most recent meeting last week here