Sport, reality TV 'top web searches'

Sport and reality TV shows were the most popular internet search items in Ireland this year, according to a survey by Google …

Sport and reality TV shows were the most popular internet search items in Ireland this year, according to a survey by Google Ireland.

The survey - which aggregated millions of queries by Irish internet users over the last 12 months - ranked the World Cup and ITV's Celebrity Love Islandshow as the fastest-growing search queries.

Unusually, the bizarre death of Australian crocodile hunter Steve Irwin - who was killed by a stingray in September - was the fourth most popular search topic.

Among the other items which drew the most searches were hit US TV series Prison Breakand Lost.

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The Ryder Cup - which was held in the K Club in Co Kildare in September - also figured in the top ten as did searches relating to Munster Rugby team who won the Heineken Cup in May.

Borat - the fictional Kazakhstani journalist invented by the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - was also ranked in the top ten of popular search queries.

Electric Picnicwas the most popular event ticket query, with searches relating Radiohead, Heineken Cup and Ryder Cup also commanding a large amount interest.

Google Ireland said the survey revealed "a glimpse of what makes Ireland tick".