With this latest rollout, SIRO has now passed more than 19,000 premises across County Tipperary. The company’s fibre broadband network is already live in towns such as Cashel, Clonmel, Nenagh, Roscrea, Thurles and Tipperary, bringing reliable gigabit connectivity to homes and businesses throughout the county.
Earlier this month, SIRO and Vodafone also announced their role as connectivity partners for Roscrea’s new REACH Digital Enterprise Hub, which officially opened at the start of September. As the 25th hub to join the SIRO-Vodafone Gigabit Hub Initiative, REACH is supporting growth opportunities for local businesses in Tipperary.
The expansion comes at a crucial time, as Ireland prepares for the national copper switch-off, which will see the outdated copper broadband network switched off over the years ahead. SIRO’s 100% fibre broadband provides a future-proofed solution, ensuring reliable connectivity for households and businesses ensuring they have high quality connectivity required for decades to come.
SIRO’s full fibre broadband offers speeds of up to 2 gigabits per second, allowing households and businesses to enjoy seamless online experiences. Customers in Tipperary Town can now order services from SIRO’s retail partners, with more premises to follow in 2026.
Speaking on the announcement, John Keaney, SIRO Chief Executive Officer, said:
To check if your home is on the SIRO network, search your Eircode today. [lookup_modal type="eircode" button-text="Search Your Eircode" position="mid" title="Input your Eircode to check whether SIRO is available at your location"]“We are delighted to bring SIRO’s 100% fibre broadband to Tipperary Town, connecting more than 2,000 premises to reliable gigabit connectivity. For businesses, world-class broadband is critical, supporting growth, digitalisation, and competitiveness. For households, it underpins everything from remote working and online learning to streaming and gaming. With copper switch-off now on the horizon, SIRO’s full fibre network ensures that Tipperary Town is ready for the future.”
The official opening of Reach Roscrea Enterprise Hub. [/caption]
The Gigabit Hub Initiative, delivered by SIRO and Vodafone, provides gigabit fibre connectivity to remote working and digital hubs across Ireland. REACH joins a network of successful hubs, including Dundalk’s Creative Spark, Galway’s PorterShed, and Skibbereen’s Ludgate Hub, all of which have benefited from the initiative. With SIRO’s full-fibre broadband offering speeds of up to 1 Gigabit per second, the hub provides fast and reliable connectivity to meet business needs of all companies and individuals working with the REACH hub.
REACH offers a supportive environment for businesses of all sizes, from start-ups and freelancers to growing SMEs. The hub features 11 private offices, 10 hot desks, and shared workspaces, catering to a variety of business needs. It is already home to key organisations driving regional growth, including Tipperary Education and Training Board, a leading education and training provider, and Herdwatch, a Roscrea-founded agri-tech company transforming livestock and pasture management across Ireland, the UK, and beyond.
REACH is set to become a key driver of business growth in Roscrea, offering entrepreneurs, SMEs, and remote workers the space and connectivity they need to thrive. Its strategic location, combined with SIRO’s full-fibre broadband, ensures that businesses can operate with the same level of digital infrastructure as those in any major urban centre.
SIRO is a leading full-fibre broadband operator, rolling out a 100% fibre broadband network across Ireland. Its network is currently available in multiple locations across Tipperary including Cashel, Nenagh, Thurles, Clonmel, and Roscrea.
John Keaney, SIRO Chief Executive Officer, commented:
Thursday 14th August 2025; Pictured are Ronan Whelan, SIRO Chief Commercial Officer and Marianne Murphy, Head of Marketing as SIRO is announcing the launch of a new online service allowing buyers to have access to a fibre broadband service at their new home from the day they move in.[/caption]
SIRO’s new service for home buyers offers a range of options depending on each individual’s circumstances. For those who have already moved in they can go ahead and order broadband services today; those who have bought, have an Eircode or just the address and a move-in date they can pre-order to ensure their broadband is ready when they are; or for those who have just bought, have an address but no move-in date yet can register and receive a reminder from SIRO when the broadband pre-order service is available to them.
For estate agents and developers, they also now have a dedicated information source that they can direct their home buyers to if the latter have queries on services available to them.
Research previously commissioned by SIRO revealed the extent to which broadband is now viewed as an indispensable part of modern living, surpassing other features once regarded as core to a new home. It found that access to broadband was a key consideration for home buyers, ranking higher than even a parking spot or garden for respondents.
A first in the Irish broadband market, SIRO’s website now hosts a comprehensive list of new developments across Ireland in which SIRO is rolling out its network. SIRO’s new developments webpage currently lists over 300 new developments in every corner of Ireland, with more new developments added on a weekly basis.
SIRO is a wholesale fibre broadband operator. It partners with more than twenty broadband retailers such as Digiweb, Pure Telcom, Sky, Virgin Media and Vodafone amongst others from which home buyers can order a broadband service from. It has grown to become the second largest full fibre broadband network in Ireland and continues to grow.
Commenting on its new dedicated service, SIRO Chief Commercial Officer Ronan Whelan said:
To facilitate the network rollout, a limited number of planned electricity outages will be required during the months August to November inclusive. Impacted residents and businesses will be notified in advance of these outages by ESB Networks, with SIRO and ESB Networks working closely to minimise disruption.
Areas that will be covered by the rollout include, but are not limited to: Barracks Street, Bridge Street, Cemetery Road, High Street, Hollypark, Military Road, School Road, Seefin, Westgate and Woodlane.
SIRO’s full fibre broadband network, with speeds of up to 2 Gigabits for homes and 10 Gigabits for businesses, will provide Birr residents and businesses with fast and future proofed connectivity, enabling everything from seamless remote working or video streaming to supporting local enterprises in their digital growth.
Over the longer term, SIRO’s full fibre broadband network has the capacity to reach speeds of up to 25 Gigabits, ensuring Birr will have high quality connectivity for decades to come.
SIRO already enjoys a strong network footprint across the wider Midlands, including in Tullamore, Portlaoise, Athlone, Mullingar and Carlow town.
Homes and businesses who wish to avail of SIRO’s 100% fibre broadband can register their interest by email: 
Commenting on SIRO’s arrival in Birr, John Keaney, SIRO Chief Executive Officer stated:
Aoife O’Reilly, SIRO’s Head of Enterprise, commented:
Areas included in the SIRO rollout in Sandyford include (but are not limited to): The Edges, Beacon South Quarter, The Cubes, The Forum, Carmanhall Court, The Maple, The Arcs, Beacon One, Time Place, South Central, and The Points.
The Sandyford deployment is part of SIRO’s wider expansion across South Dublin, where the company has invested significantly to bring full fibre broadband to high need, high-demand areas, stretching from Shankill to Stillorgan.
To date, SIRO’s national network has reached more than 650,000 premises across 143 towns and cities, as part of its €1 billion investment. The company is on track to pass over 700,000 premises by 2026, helping to future-proof communities right across Ireland.
Speaking at the launch of SIRO’s network in Sandyford, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora (and T.D. for the area) Neale Richmond noted:
The announcement was made at a 10th anniversary celebration event held by the company at Dublin’s Merrion Hotel and attended by Minister for Arts, Culture, Communications, Media and Sport Patrick O’Donovan T.D.
SIRO confirmed at the event that, when it completes its build programme in Carrigtwohill in the coming weeks, all homes and businesses within the town will have access to fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband. This will make Carrigtwohill the first Irish town in which all premises can access full fibre broadband.
Carrigtwohill is a growing town, just 12 kilometres from Cork City, whose population has more than trebled to over 5,500 since 2002. Its population is predicted to reach up to 10,000 by 2030, with a sizeable number of new housing developments underway or planned.
SIRO’s fibre to the home network will reach over 2,300 premises in the town and the company is also on track for its network to reach the more than 1,000 new homes which are either under construction or planned for the town.
Access to fast, reliable and future proofed fibre broadband will support Carrigtwohill’s residents and businesses to live and work more sustainably such as by working remotely, availing of online education or allowing businesses to work smarter and more efficiently using digital tools and resources.
SIRO was founded as a joint venture between ESB and Vodafone in May 2015, with the objective of delivering high quality and future proofed fibre connectivity to communities and towns across Ireland. Since then, SIRO fibre broadband network has grown to become Ireland’s second largest - now available to over 650,000 premises in 143 cities and towns in every county in Ireland. SIRO continues to rollout out its network targeting over 700,000 premises by 2026.
When SIRO was founded in 2015, only 1% of premises had access to FTTH broadband. SIRO’s launch of Ireland’s first full fibre network spawned a fibre revolution, stimulating real competition in the market. Today, over 7 in 10 of all premises now can avail of FTTH broadband, making the Government’s target Gigabit broadband access for all by 2028 feasible.
At the event, many of the ‘Fibre Firsts’ achieved by SIRO over the decade were acknowledged including:
To date, SIRO’s network is available to almost 650,000 homes and businesses in all Irish cities and over 140 towns in every county in Ireland. SIRO continues to roll-out its network and is on track to reach more than 700,000 premises by 2026.
The Award acknowledges the key role that SIRO has played in transforming connectivity in Ireland. From a position, less than a decade ago, where fibre to the premises broadband was effectively non-existent in Ireland, to a position where now two-thirds of all premises can access a full fibre broadband connection. The Government has set a target of Gigabit connectivity for all by 2028, and SIRO is playing its part to support this objective.
FTTH Council of Europe President Rosheen McCool stated:
