UPC’s recent report on Ireland’s Digital Future says that 2.6million Irish shoppers will spend €5.7
Billion online in 2016. If we want to channel this spend into the Economy and not out, Irish retailers
will need to quickly and cleverly develop a multi channel retailing strategy which works for them and
their customers.
Non Irish-nationals from outside the EU continued to display strong migration flows, accounting for
30,400 (43.9%) of total immigrants and 17,700 (21.9%) of total emigrants. This resulted in estimated
net inward migration among non-Irish nationals from outside the EU of 12,700.