Couple object to Amazon subsea cable plan linking Ireland to US

Couple object to plans by Amazon Web Services for transatlantic cable project in west Cork

Plans by an Irish arm of Amazon Web Services for a cable landing-station in west Cork as part of a transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable project have been stalled.

Plans for transatlantic fibre optic cable station in Cork stalled after local couple lodge appeal

The cable is part of the multimillion-euro 'Fastnet' transatlantic underwater fibre optic cable connecting Ireland to the US. Amazon Web Services aims to have it operating by 2028.

Couple object to Amazon subsea cable plan linking Ireland to US

West Cork pair lodge appeal with An Coimisiún Pleanála over plans for landing station