Internet usage New study
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1.00 News: Robert Shortt, Business Correspondent, reports on the CSO study which shows that the number of internet-connected homes has doubled in 5 years to 1m
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Business Today: Joe Treacy, CSO director, said there was a dramatic rise in the number of households with computers
Just under half a million homes now have a computer connected to the internet, seven times the figure recorded in 1998.
Almost 600,000 homes have a computer, connected or not; that is almost double the 1998 figure.
The figures also show that more than €190m worth of goods were sold over the internet last year. The average spend for consumers was between €200 and €500.
339,000 people log on to the internet in Ireland every day.
82% of people who log on use the internet to email, 69.1% for finding information on goods and services and 53.8% for travel and booking holidays.
The study also shows that 85% of Irish companies use email, while 59% have a website.
