Originally Posted by
Kgmm77
I'm fairly sure there's a Vodafone shop in arrivals. Either bring a cheap unlocked handset and buy a SIM or buy a prepay handset. Check
www.vodafone.ie for prices.
I think the Vodafone shop in arrivals is closed - it was locked up when I was there a few days ago during a weekday.
For the OP, each of the networks (O2, Vodafone, Meteor and Tesco Mobile) offer a pre-pay SIM, costing from €0 to about €10, with some bundled credit.
Meteor have a pre-pay SIM with an "international option" from which you can call the US for €0.50 per minute.
We had a problem recently with Meteor as we discovered they cannot sent text messages to *all* other GSM operators/networks, and we could not send text messages to a Finnish MVNO.
Buying a pre-pay phone with no contract for €50-€70 will be a good option.
I suggest a quick look at the following...
http://www.meteor.ie/plans/pay_as_you_go/
http://www.vodafone.ie/planscosts/prepay/index.jsp
http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/conne...k+easy+prepay/
Aidan