Ireland

Highlights

  1. As of 2024, the population of Ireland was 5,380,257.
  2. Internet Society gives Ireland an overall Internet resilience score of 76%, which means it has high capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  3. Ireland received a security preparedness score of 90.89 on the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index. Its e-government system readiness score is 73.03.
  4. In Ireland, there are 26 data centers and there are 4 active IXPs.
  5. Approximately 96% of the population is an Internet user.
ccTLD
.ie
Flag of Ireland
Region
Europe
Sub-region
Northern Europe
Population
5,380,257
UN classification(s)
  • High income country

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

96%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

90%
Europe average

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

  • Female: 93%
  • Male: 91%

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 4.99 Mbps
    Broadband
  • 3.74 Mbps
    Mobile

Average Internet cost

< 1%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Broadband coverage

Broadband connections per 100 inhabitants

31.3

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

  • 100%
    has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet
  • 91%
    has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

212
active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Excellent
More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

33%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
31%
Europe average

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

26

active data centers

Internet Exchange Points

4

IXPs in Ireland

7
Europe average
67% of 212

active networks connect via an IXP

Total number of IXP members in Ireland

Locally cached content

71%

of the top 1000 websites in Ireland can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

70%
Europe average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • Vodafone Ireland Limited: 20%
  • Eircom Limited: 19%
  • Sky UK: 17%
  • Liberty Global B.V.: 14%
  • Three Ireland (Hutchison) limited: 11%

Market competition

Good

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

92.03

Country-level domain use

323,161

domains registered using .ie, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD).

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

91 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 93%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 85%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 39%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Active

DNSSEC coverage

< 1%

of all domains under the ccTLD are protected with DNSSEC

10%
Europe average

Adoption of DNSSEC

36%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

46%
Europe average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

Pulse uses the most recent possible data from international sources. For some indicators in Pulse, the source data may be updated more frequently. For more information on how often we update individual data points, see the Indicator page.