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Country card: Ireland

Emergency numbers, your ID number, the prepaid SIM rule and a few practical facts on one screen. Print it for the fridge or keep it on your phone.

Facts9Last checked2026-10-21

Planning help, not legal advice. Every fact links to the official page it came from or says Not verified and whom to ask. Numbers, rules and dates change: confirm on the official page. In a real emergency, do not read this page: call.

IE

Ireland

Emergency

112General999General
Police
999112
Ambulance
999112
Fire
999112

What to say when you call

I need help. I am at [address, Eircode if you know it]. [There has been an accident / a fire / a break-in]. [Number] people are affected.

Means: I need help. I am at [address]. [What happened]. [Number] people are affected.

Official source read

Source: gov.ie: how to contact emergency services in Ireland · garda.ie: useful contact numbers · 112.ie: Ireland's Emergency Call Answering Service · Last checked 2026-10-21

All emergency numbers and sources

ID number you need first

PPS number

Department of Social Protection

Partly verified

The PPS number gives access to social welfare benefits, public services and information in Ireland. It is seven numbers followed by one or two letters. Our checker could not open the gov.ie page, so this is taken from the page as quoted in search results; confirm it on gov.ie.

Source: gov.ie: Get a PPS number · Last checked 2026-10-21

ID number guide

Prepaid SIM: do you need ID?

Partly verified

No registration law at the time of ComReg's April 2024 draft guidance, which says it is not currently minded to require prepaid SIM registration. It does expect operators to run their own identity checks, and for eSIMs it recommends the customer's name and address, a photo of an official ID and a selfie. We did not find the final guidance.

ComReg, Know Your Customer (KYC) Guidance, draft information notice 24/24c, 3 Apr 2024.

Source: comreg.ie · Last checked 2026-10-21

Phone data guide

Practical facts

  • Plug typeGPartly verified

    Plug types G. Taken from the IEC World Plugs country listing as quoted in search results; the IEC page itself did not open for our checker (HTTP 403). Confirm on iec.ch.

    Source: iec.ch: World plugs (country listing) · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Mains voltage and frequency230 V · 50 HzPartly verified

    Mains 230 V, 50 Hz. Taken from the IEC World Plugs country listing as quoted in search results; the IEC page itself did not open for our checker (HTTP 403). Confirm on iec.ch.

    Source: iec.ch: World plugs (country listing) · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • CurrencyEUR · euroOfficial source read

    The euro is the official currency of 21 of the 27 EU countries, including Ireland.

    Source: european-union.europa.eu: countries using the euro · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Time zoneNot verified

    Not verified: Usually GMT in winter and one hour ahead in summer. We did not open an official page for this. Check with gov.ie.

    Source: no official page opened (the page does not state this) · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Clock changeLast Sun Mar · last Sun OctPartly verified

    EU rule: summer time starts at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in March and ends at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October (Directive 2000/84/EC, articles 2 and 3). 2026: forward 29 Mar, back 25 Oct. 2027: forward 28 Mar, back 31 Oct. We calculated these dates from the rule; the directive page did not open for our checker, so the wording comes from search results. Check the date near the change.

    Source: eur-lex.europa.eu: Directive 2000/84/EC on summer-time arrangements · Last checked 2026-10-21

  • Driving sidePartly verified

    Ireland drives on the left, according to the Road Safety Authority rules-of-the-road text as reproduced on a county council PDF. The rsa.ie page did not open for our checker (HTTP 403). Confirm on rsa.ie.

    Source: rsa.ie: rules of the road · Last checked 2026-10-21

Left out on purpose: tap water and tipping. We add them only when an official source states them for the country.

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