Ireland ranked 20th out of 86 in Web Index

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Ireland ranked 20th out of 86 in Web Index
Thu, 11 Dec, 2014 - 16:38

A measure of the World Wide Web's contribution to social, economic and political progress has ranked Ireland 20th out of 86 countries around the world.

The Web index is produced by the World Wide Web Foundation, the organisation founded by the inventor of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee.

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