70% of the population have smartphones, according to the latest Eir Connected Living Survey. Eir says this is up from just 39% in 2012 and equates to 2.377 million people.
Over 75% of the population also say that they use the internet at least once a day, with 18% adding that they access the internet "practically every waking hour of the day". This rises to 41% for 16 to 24 year olds.
