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