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Phone Ireland from a UK Landline
- Call from a UK Landline
- No account set up required
- From just 1p per min
Call landlines in Ireland
Access number 0844 759 7771
Call mobiles in Ireland
Access number 0871 635 7771
Calls to landlines 1p per min
Calls to mobiles 8p per min
InstantTalk Connection Fee: 13.1p from a BT line.
All rates shown are for calls from a BT residential or business landline. If you're calling
from any other phone, then click here to check the rate.
Ask bill payer's permission before using the service. Calls are billed per minute & apply from the moment of connection. The charge is incurred even if the destination number is engaged or the call is not answered. Service provider: Core Telecommunications International Limited.
Receive Notifications of Rate Changes
Subscribe to email updates of any price changes for calls to Ireland. Simply visit the "Your Account" section and select Ireland and any other destinations you want updates for.
There is no charge for these updates, and you only receive them for destinations you select.
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Phone Ireland from a UK Landline or Mobile
- Call from a UK Landline or Mobile
- Topup your account by text or Paypal
- Track your balance online
- From just 1p per min
Call numbers in Ireland
Access number 020 8497 8811
Calls to landlines 1p per min
Calls to mobiles 10p per min
Only press the call/dial button once after dialing the 020 access number
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£5 credit
text dts to 80077
£10 credit + £1 bonus
text dts to 67400
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All credit expires after 90 days unless additional credit is purchased within this 90 day period. If you set up an online account we'll remind you by email before it expires.
Ask bill payer's permission before using the service. Topup by SMS costs £5 or £10 + standard SMS fee. Calls charged per minute & apply from the moment of connection. Calls to 02 numbers cost UK standard rate and can be used as a part of inclusive minutes. For SMS customers, credit is automatically topped up by the same amount as your last credit purchase (£5 or £10) when the balance is low. To unsubscribe simply text STOP to 80077 or 67400 at any time. Service provider: Story Telecom Ltd. Tel: 020 8497 9210.
Major cities in Ireland
Dublin
How to call Ireland
Once you have dialed the access number above, then dial: 00 353 followed by the destination number you're calling.
Fixed line operators in Ireland include eircom, BT, ntl/Chorus, Energis and Smart Telecom. Mobile operators in Ireland include 3, Meteor, O2 Ireland and Vodafone Ireland.
More Information about Ireland
Times to call
There's no time difference between the UK and Ireland, no matter what city you're calling. This means you can phone your loved ones at any time of day without having to worry about those early morning wake-up calls.
National Holidays
The Republic of Ireland celebrates almost identical bank holidays to the UK - with the exception of St Patricks day - giving you plenty of perfect opportunities to call. For example, they celebrate Easter Monday on April 25, August Bank Holiday on August 1, and October Bank Holiday on October 31.
Interesting Irish Phone Facts
As of December 2010, Ireland has 5.273 million mobile phone subcribers - a whopping 118% penetration rate
There are four main mobile operators throughout Ireland. These include Vodafone (40.6% of the market), O2 (32.6%), Meteor (20.2%) and Three (6.6%).
Besides its four prominent operators, there are also a number of Mobile Virtual Network Operators throughout These include including Tesco Mobile (O2), Postfone (Vodafone), eMobile (Meteor) and Just Mobile (Vodafone).
According to a report from June 2012, there are 3.042 million internet subscribers in Ireland. This equates to 65 percent of the population.
Irish Embassy in the UK:
17 Grosvenor Place
London
SW1X 7HR
Tel: 020 7235 2171
Languages spoken:
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, English became the predominant first language throughout Ireland. However, a large minority of the population claim to have some ability to use Irish, although its the first language only of a small percentage of the population.
Local area codes for destinations in Ireland
- Athlone - (0)90
- Carlow - (0)59
- Castlebar - (0)94
- Cavan - (0)49
- Clonmel - (0)52
- Cork - (0)21
- Drogheda - (0)41
- Dublin - (0)1
- Dundalk - (0)42
- Ennis - (0)65
- Galway - (0)91
- Kilkenny - (0)56
- Killarney - (0)64
- Letterkenny - (0)74
- Limerick - (0)61
- Longford - (0)43
- Monaghan - (0)47
- Mullingar - (0)44
- Naas - (0)45
- Navan - (0)46
- Portlaoise - (0)57
- Sligo - (0)71
- Tipperary - (0)62
- Tralee - (0)66
- Waterford - (0)51
- Wexford - (0)53