More than half of all adults in Ireland are now using online services, according to a new survey, with internet usage overall up 6%.

ALMOST half of all Irish adults, 1.69m people, identify themselves as internet users, according to JNIR (Joint National Internet Research).

Pigsback.com's parent company Empathy Marketing Limited today announced profits in the region of €500,000 for 2004.

THE number of Irish adults accessing the internet has almost doubled to one million, according to a survey.