Dublin's Temple Street Children's University Hospital has been fitted out with free public Wi-Fi following a collaboration between wireless network provider Xirrus and Irish telco eir.
The Victorian hospital, which cares for 145,000 children per year, presented challenges during the implementation with due consideration given to the historical status of the building.
Shane Buckley, CEO of Xirrus, said: "There can be no higher priority for Xirrus than to provide reliable and safe Internet access to sick children and their parents in a hospital environment.
"In partnership with eir, we had the combined experience, technical expertise and Wi-Fi solution to connect patients and their families to a fast, reliable and secure Wi-Fi network."
The project included components such as a 200Mb ultrafast broadband connection and a content filtering solution.
The network installation includes Advantage Wi-Fi cloud management and application control to ensure that the Hospital can manage network accessibility, as well as content filtering, security and controls.