Who are we :

A consortium that comprises Shannon Development, Limerick Corporation, Limerick County Council, Clare County Council, North Tipperary County Council, and Offaly County Council. The Consortium is also supported by the Mid West Regional Authority.

Mission :

To attract new carriers, infrastructure and services into the Shannon region. This is to be achieved through a three-prong approach, namely:

Encourage the roll-out and use of new carrier-neutral infrastructure on a route from Limerick to Dublin
Encourage a global carrier to establish a Point of Presence (PoP) in the region;
Adopt a “node and spoke” approach to broadband connectivity, with Limerick/Shannon at the centre and the other regional demand nodes clustered (via a regional ducting network) to boost the overall case and leverage maximum investment into the region

Two main programs of work :

MANS :Design & Implementation of Metropolitan Area Networks to facilitate the offering of broadband carrier neutral fibre optic infrastructure around large towns in the Shannon Region
Shannon Connect : To help stimulate and quantify demand for broadband services in local communities and to work with service providers to meet that demand