Half of web users bought online takeaways and streamed TV

The number of females purchasing goods and services online was 83%, compared to 75% of males.

Half of internet users in Ireland have bought takeaways or other ready-made food online this year, the Central Statistics Office has said.

Its latest publication on the digital consumer behaviour of Irish households also found that 83% of people using the internet here read or downloaded online news in 2021. Four in five (80%) also used the internet for telephone or video calls, such as Zoom, FaceTime and Skype.