MORE THAN a quarter of a million Irish people who hold the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) are helping reap annual benefits of over €121 million for the economy.

ISEQ listed E-learning company Thirdforce said today they expect to move closer to profitability this year following its €15m acquisition of Electric Paper in March 2003.

Irish company Electric Paper, part of ThirdForce plc, announced that it has begun roll-out of its computer-based training and testing solutions to 57 prisons across the UK.