Tipperary lags behind in Information Technology

Posted on November 19th, 2007 in Ballaghaderreen,Ballyhaunis,Ballyjamesduff,Bunclody-Carrickduff,Cashel,Castlerea,Enniscorthy,Ireland,Kanturk,Living in Ireland,Roscrea,Tipperary by census-analysis

The town of Tipperary is behind the rest of Ireland when it comes to Information Technolgy. Census 2006 figures showed that  just 11.4% of Tipperary households had broadband and 71.84% of households had no internet access at all. This is the highest percentage of any town in Ireland  (National average 51.7%)
Also – just 36.35% of households owned a personal computer  compared  to the national average of  53.5%.
The high proportion of rented accommodation might be one of the reasons for these figures.

Ten worst towns in Ireland for IT (with population over 1500)
Tipperary
Cashel
Ballyhaunis
Roscrea
Ballaghaderreen
Bunclody-Carrickduff
Ballyjamesduff
Castlerea
Kanturk
Enniscorthy

Most Popular Towns for Polish

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 in Ballinrobe,Ballyhaunis,Ballyjamesduff,Bunclody-Carrickduff,Census,Kanturk,Kilcock,Killarney,Kingscourt,Living in Ireland,Longford,Millstreet,Monaghan,New Ross,Oranmore,Polish by census-analysis

20 Most popular towns for Poles in Ireland

People born in Poland but living in Ireland numbered 96042 at the last census in 2006.
Some Irish towns have higher percentages of Polish residents than others – these are the 20 with the highest percentages of Poles

Millstreet, Cork (14.17%)
Bunclody-Carrickduff, Carlow/Wexford (9.4%)
Ballinrobe, Mayo (8.81%)
Ballyjamesduff, Cavan (8.73%)
Tullow, Carlow (8.17%)
Kingscourt, Cavan (8.12%)
New Ross, Wexford/Kilkenny (8.10%)
Macroom, Cork (7.31%)
Killarney, Kerry (7.1%)
Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim/Roscommon (6.94%)
Portumna, Galway (6.82%)
Cahir, South Tipperary (6.72%)
Monaghan, Monaghan (6.34%)
Rathcormac, Cork (5.95%)
Oranmore, Galway (5.89%)
Kanturk, Cork (5.88%)
Longford, Longford (5.57%)
Ballyhaunis, Mayo (5.44%)
Clonee Village, Meath (5.25%)
Kilcock, Kildare (5.12%)

Biggest Broadband Uptake in Ireland

Posted on October 16th, 2007 in Annacotty,Ballyhaunis,Ballyjamesduff,Bunclody-Carrickduff,Castlebridge,Celbridge,Clogherhead,Donabate,Dunboyne,Greystones,Kilcoole,Leixlip,Malahide,Maynooth,Naas,Portmarnock,Rathcoole,Ratoath,Stamullen by census-analysis

Malahide has the highest broadband uptake rate in Ireland.
The percentage of households in Malahide with broadband internet access is the highest of all large towns in Ireland – at 46.34%. Malahide also has the second highest rate of PC ownership – at 78.05% of households owning at least one personal computer. (Portmarnock is top at 80.33%).
Broadband uptake varies enourmously across Ireland – the two main factors influencing uptake would be availability and also economic status.
Portmarnock, Leixlip, Dunboyne, Celbridge, Greystones, Donabate, Skerries, Annacotty, Naas, Ratoath, Rathcoole and Maynooth all have broadband uptake of more than 33% of households.
The uptake figure nationally is 19.98%.
Some towns have a broadband uptake as low as 3.2% (Castlebridge).
Other towns with low broadband uptake are Clogherhead, Ballyjamesduff, Bunclody/Carrickduff, Stamullen , Kilcoole, Ballyhaunis – all with less than 10% of households with a broadband connection.

Manufacturing in Ballyjamesduff

Posted on October 15th, 2007 in Ballyhaunis,Ballyjamesduff,Malahide by census-analysis

If Paddy Reilly came back  to Ballyjamesduff he would probably work in manufacturing. Just over 37% of the workforce are employed in manufacturing in the Cavan town  – compared to Irish average of just 11.6%.  Cavan Crystal and Liffey Meats  probably account for many of these jobs.

Ballyhaunis in Mayo is second – with 31.8% working in manufacturing – the Dawn Meats plant probably the main reason for that.

The national average is 11.62% .

Malahide has the lowest proportion of people employed in manufacturing (they are all too busy selling)