9631: IRELAND IS 3RD MOST EXPENSIVE EU COUNTRY TO KEEP IN TOUCH

Irish people pay 50 per cent more than the European average to use their mobile phones and the internet.

Only Belgium and Greece are more expensive while people in Romania pay the lowest costs.

The figures are contained in a new survey of 27 countries by Eurostat.

Tim Hayes of the EU office in Dublin says Ireland is now the third most expensive country in Europe for daily digital communications.

Interviewee: Tim Hayes | Clip duration: 0 minutes 19 seconds | Outwords: in the EU