Rockabill is a 224 km unrepeated subsea fibre optic cable system crossing the Irish Sea between Portrane and Southport, delivering a resilient and diverse route between Ireland and the United Kingdom. New research led by Britain's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has found that the greatest risks to subsea telecommunications cables lie close to island coastlines. Pictured here is the first transatlantic cable station, operational for 100 years, from 1866 to 1966. The system entered service in November 2019 and has since proven to be a secure and reliable. Amazon Ireland has applied for a maritime usage license to land a planned subsea fibre optic cable connecting Ireland to the United States. Amazon MCS Ireland, in the application filed in June 2024. THE HIGH COURT has ruled in favour of Virgin Media Wholesale Limited, allowing the company to recover over €345,000 in damages from the owners of a Wexford-based fishing trawler, the Lida Suzanna, for damaging a vital subsea fibre-optic cable that links Ireland and Britain.
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