Race to get online restarts

The rush to get online has restarted.

Having slowed down earlier in the decade, more companies are now looking for the best way to get online.

‘‘The industry went through a bad patch from 2002 to 2004,” said Ruth MacPartlin, chief executive of Fluid Rock, a web design company.

‘‘It is getting easier to trade online in Ireland,’’ she said.

‘‘We are still catching up in terms of broadband, but the users have ...