High-speed web access lags behind

OLDER people are the fastest-growing internet user group, but nearly one third of Irish people who go online every day do not have broadband access.

A study on technology use also reveals that travel, holidays, concert tickets, clothes and books are the most commonly bought items online, although more men than women use the web to buy electronics, films and music.

The Central Statistic Office survey of about 5,800 people over the first three months of 2011, shows 81% of all households have access to a computer.