Councillor Reilly conducts phone coverage survey in north Louth

Rural connectivity should be today’s solution, not tomorrow’s problem says Louth Fine Gael councillor John Reilly.

 The councillor says he recently conducted a door-to-door survey of phone coverage in the Kilkerley area as part of the Get Connected initiative. 

"My recent survey in the Kilkerley area shows that the Vodafone coverage is particularly poor" Cllr Reilly claims.

He says the response to the survey has led to Cellnex performing a drone survey on the area.

Depending on the results of the data, Cllr Reilly says he is very confident that the Kilkerley area will be in line for a booster pole, which will greatly improve the mobile coverage over 2 square kilometres. 

Kilcurry has also been surveyed with drone technology and suitable sites for booster poles will soon be looked into. 

Cllr Reilly says that so much of our modern life revolves around technology and long gone are the times when mobile phones were solely used for making calls and sending texts. 

Cellnex has identified a number of suitable sites in the Cooley peninsula and hopes to be in a position in the coming weeks to formally apply for licenses for new infrastructure in the area.