Press Release: Minister Ryan announces telecoms connectivity project to connect Ireland, US and Europe

The Irish Minister for Communications, Eamon Ryan, on 21 July 2008, announced that his Department, in collaboration with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Northern Ireland, had finalised the tender for 'Project Kelvin' which would procure direct international telecommunications connectivity to the North West of the island of Ireland. The project, funded by the EU INTERREG IVA Programme for Ireland, Northern Ireland and Western Scotland 2007-2013, would provide international connectivity between the island of Ireland and North America, as well as between mainland Europe and the North West of Ireland.