HEAnet connects 1,000 Primary Schools with enterprise-level Broadband Connectivity.
History
2022
Successful rollout of eduroam Wi-Fi in almost 500 new locations.
First HEAnet client connected at 100Gbps.
2021
Ronan Byrne appointed as CEO.
HEAnet and EduCampus were recognised as Best in Health & Wellbeing by InBusiness Recognition Awards 2021 run by Chambers Ireland.
2020
HEAnet procured 16,700 laptops for students and launched the eduroam Everywhere project in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2012 – 2014
HEAnet managed the delivery of 100Mb/s connections to every post-primary school on behalf of the Irish government.
2012
Origins of the Brokerage Services Team, which now delivers in excess of €7m in savings for the sector annually.
2010
Edugate, our national federated access solution which today supports 40 million authentications annually was launched.
2005
First Schools connected under the Department of Education’s Schools Broadband Programme – targeting 1/2Mb to 2Mb.
1998
Connectivity up to 2 Mbps and our first wireless connection delivered to DIAS (Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies).
1997
HEAnet becomes a founding member of INEX – The Internet Neutral Exchange with connections at 512 Kbps. HEAnet was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee. John Boland was appointed…


















