David McCourt’s investment and control of National Broadband Ireland is not what we have been led to believe: the man at the helm has a 2.7 per cent share of NBI. Picture: Claire Wood
David McCourt, the US businessman, has long been the face of the state’s multibillion-euro National Broadband Plan. His has been a constant presence throughout years of negotiation and the first two years of delivery of the government’s ambitious plan to provide 1.1 million people with a high-speed internet connection by the end of 2026.
That steady presence has been maintained despite repeated changes in the make-up of those vying to be granted the...
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