More than 80% of Irish people read the news online

Research from the European Commission's data analysis wing, Eurostat, found that 89% of people in the EU aged between 16 and 74 used the internet in 2021, with the consumption of news one of the chief reasons for doing so. File photo

More than four out of five Irish people consume news while browsing online, with more people in the EU engaging in what is going on in the world than five years ago.

Research from the European Commission's data analysis wing, Eurostat, found that 89% of people in the EU aged between 16 and 74 used the internet in 2021, with the consumption of news one of the chief reasons for doing so. The number of news consumers is up since 2016, the data show.