The Government is to cut the number of homes that will receive Broadband under the state-subsidised scheme.
Eir is now to provide connections to 300-thousand of the 800-thousand homes earmarked for the rollout.
The National Broadband Plan was established to provide high-speed internet to 800-thousand rural homes and businesses by 2021.
Today, 300-thousand premises have been removed from it and are going to be connected by Eir over the next 90 weeks.
An updated map is now online
The contract's been published and the government says Eir will face severe penalties if it doesn't deliver within the timeframe.
Min Naughten says Eir broadband contract will be published and they'll hold Eir to account if they don't honour it over the next 90 weeks pic.twitter.com/dKm2inyhzg
— Nicole Gernon (@nicole_gernon) April 4, 2017
There are around 550-thousand premises left - some extra homes and businesses that weren't getting good connection speeds have been included today.
There's concern that there could be delays for these homes - which are generally more isolated - and therefore more difficult and expensive to connect.
Communications Minister Denis Naughten is denying this, saying he thinks it will actually speed up the process.
He's refused to be drawn on the total cost.:
Adrian Weckler, technology editor with the Irish Independent, says he can't see the other bidders - Siro and eNet - being happy:
Nicole Gernon reports:
