Ireland possesses one of Europe’s strongest and wealthiest economies. The Irish economy’s period of growth and prosperity began during the early 90’s and has continued to grow steadily ever since. In December 2005 the Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) published a report on "Information society and telecommunications".

The report focussed on how ICT and eBusiness was being used in Ireland at Home and by Enterprise today and highlighted its importance within the Irish economy.