Eir has released a report which gives new insights on digital trends in County Cork showing the Rebel County ranks third in the country for mobile phone use.

The telecommunications provider’s Digital Ireland Report 2026 shows mobile users across the county consumed 19.78GB per customer per month in 2025 – third highest in the country behind Dublin and Clare.

Homes in Cork with high speed fibre connections used an average of 6700GB in 2024, compared with 6200GB in 2023 and 5600GB in 2022.

Nationally, households with fibre connections now using 60% more data on average than they did at the beginning of the decade.

The 2026 report tracks Ireland’s digital progress and highlights how people, businesses and communities in Cork are embracing digital services at scale.

Overall traffic on eir’s broadband network has more than doubled since 2019, driven by the rollout of 1GB fibre and explosive growth in data-hungry apps and services.

Average household usage on high-speed fibre has risen by 61% in five years, from the equivalent of 6.2 hours to almost 10 hours of HD video per day, while data carried on eir’s mobile network has grown seven-fold over the same period.

Oliver Loomes, CEO of eir, said: ‘This report shows that Ireland’s Digital Decade is real and measurable - in the way we work, learn, do business and come together at our favourite festivals and matches.

‘Data use has exploded, powered by our investment in fibre and 5G, and Ireland now has the opportunity to be one of the most connected, competitive and inclusive digital societies in the world.’