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I was having coffee with Damien Mulley, John Peavoy and Enda Crowley when O2 Ireland and iPad was mentioned, my ears pricked up and it turned out that O2 have launched an Irish iPad SIM today. So off we went to the O2 store and purchased one, €20 for 5GB, this is a really competitive [...]

What a fantastic start for O2 The Irish 3G iphone data network hasn’t functioned at all today. I called to 3 O2 stores in Cork in the last hour and a carphone warehouse store and staff are tearing their hair out because of the complaints. Average wait times to support are over 20 minutes and [...]

O2 Ireland have announced some nice summer special on their mobile broadband packages. “Sign up to mobile broadband between 1st of July and 31st of August and get mobile broadband for €19.99 a month on a 12 month contract” Device is the E220 Huawei and cost on this is only €19.99 Fair usage policy applied [...]

I am really hoping that O2 Ireland don’t mess this one up. We should expect to see the 8GB iPhone at €127 in one months time if uncle Steve was correct in what he said “The maximum price anywhere is $199″ So I wake up this morning thinking I will pre-register, flick on twitter and [...]

O2 appear to have woken up with the first bunch of competive products I have seen for Ireland. Recently they launched “Release” which offers unlimited calls or texts to any network for €99 which is a definite step in the right direction and Ireland’s first unlimited plan. Now it appears that its the turn of [...]

I am totally disgusted by O2′s behaviour with this iPhone price reduction in the UK, I put a call in again and got the usual no comment bullshit. I have issued the below press release this evening to all Irish press offices. Press-release O2 rubs salt in the wounds of Irish consumer with Paddy Tax [...]