The Mayor of Fingal, Councillor Seána Ó Rodaigh, the Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Minister Joe O’Brien and the Chairs of the three Area Committees officially launched free outdoor Public Wi-Fi hotspots in towns and villages across Fingal today.
Fingal County Council are delighted to announce the launch of free outdoor public Wi-Fi hotspots. The launch will see a total of 47 Wi-Fi access points installed in 18 locations throughout Fingal.
The initiative is supported by the WIFI4EU voucher scheme which aims to provide high-quality internet access across the EU to citizens and visitors via free of charge. The Wi-Fi hotspots are in public spaces such as town and village centres, parks and civic spaces. Magnet Networks were awarded the contract to install the access points in Fingal.
Access Points
A total of 47 Wi-Fi access points have been installed in 18 locations throughout Fingal.
There are seven live access points in Swords, with five in Malahide, Howth and Skerries and four in Rush.
Donabate and Blanchardstown Village will have three live access points with two in Lusk, Naul, Blanchardstown Civic Centre and St. Catherine’s Park. Garristown, Portrane, Portmarnock, Clonsilla, Castleknock, Mudhuddart and Ongar will have one live access point each.
The live access points are mounted on the outside of participating businesses premises and each has a range of 150m outside but will not extend inside the business premises or interfere with the businesses’ own broadband.
Fingal County Council’s Digital Strategy Manager, Aishling Hyland, said: “This project is funded through the EU and Department of Rural and Community Development, to promote access to Wi-Fi connectivity in public spaces in municipalities throughout Europe. Fingal County Council also provide budget support for operational costs of the Wi-Fi rollout installation and going forward. We are delighted today to launch the rollout of this free WIFI4EU network to Fingal towns and villages. I would like to commend the local business community for facilitating the rollout of public Wi-Fi access points on their premises, without their support this initiative wouldn’t be possible.”
Find out More
View full details of the scheme and locations here