Telephone dialling codes in the Republic of Ireland Country code : +353 International call prefix : 00 Trunk prefix : 0
This is a list of telephone dialling codes for the Republic of Ireland . Fixed-line telephone users do not need to dial the dialling code when they are contacting someone else within their own area.
Geographic codes [ edit ] Irish geographic codes generally correspond to the areas in the list below. Some exceptions and overlap may apply, as the codes reflect the evolution & technical history of the telephone network, rather than exact geographical county & town boundaries.
Dublin area (01) [ edit ] Cork area (02) [ edit ] East, Midlands and Northern area (04) [ edit ] Code Numbering area 0402
Arklow 0404
Wicklow 041
Drogheda , Ardee , Duleek 042
Dundalk , Carrickmacross , Castleblayney 043
Longford , Granard 044
Mullingar , Kinnegad , Castlepollard , Tyrrellspass 045
Naas , Newbridge , Kildare , The Curragh 046
Navan , Kells , Trim , Edenderry , Enfield 047
Monaghan , Clones 048
Northern Ireland 049
Cavan , Cootehill , Oldcastle , Belturbet
Midlands and Southeast area (05) [ edit ] Code Numbering area 0504
Thurles 0505
Roscrea 051
Waterford , Carrick-on-Suir , New Ross , Kilmacthomas 052
Clonmel , Cahir , Killenaule 053
Wexford , Enniscorthy , Ferns , Gorey 056
Kilkenny , Castlecomer , Freshford , Urlingford , Gortnahoe 057
Portlaoise , Abbeyleix , Tullamore , Birr 058
Dungarvan 059
Carlow , Bagenalstown , Athy , Baltinglass
Southwest area (06) [ edit ] Code Numbering area 061
Limerick , Shannon , Scariff 062
Tipperary , Cashel 063
Rathluirc (Charleville) 064
Killarney , Rathmore 065
Ennis , Ennistymon , Kilrush 066
Tralee , Dingle , Castleisland , Killorglin , Cahersiveen 067
Nenagh 068
Listowel 069
Newcastlewest
Northwest area (07) [ edit ] Western area (09) [ edit ] Mobile codes [ edit ] NDC Network Notes 088
All networks Reserved for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, using the format 088 xxxxx xxxxx
. This prefix was originally used for the Eircell TACS network active from 1985 to 2001.
Reserved Numbers [ edit ] Code Allocation 03
Reserved for future changes in the numbering plan 07
All except 0707
, 0700
, 071
, 074
and 076
are reserved without assigned purpose 0700
Reserved for personal numbering 0800
Reserved
Special numbers [ edit ] Code Allocation 00
International access 048
Northern Ireland access 020 91
Dummy numbers reserved for drama, film and television use to avoid accidental clashes with real telephone numbers. 076
VoIP services (phased out as of January 1st 2022) 080
Mailbox for landline users (formerly access code for Northern Ireland) 0818
Non-geographical numbers
These codes, unlike most of the above, cannot be dialled from abroad. The following are special numbers dialled by themselves:
Number Purpose 999
or 112
Emergency services 13xxx
Carrier preselect codes 1471
Last-call return 171
Mobile and fixed line voicemail 172
, 173
, 174X
and 179
Reserved for network use 1901
to 1999
Helpline / customer service numbers for telecommunications companies. All are free of charge. 199000
Identifies current number on OpenEir PSTN & ISDN lines.
The following codes begin special phone numbers:
Code Purpose 116
Harmonised service of social value 118
Directory enquiries (multiple commercial providers offer a variety of services in this number range) 151X
Premium-rate numbers (per-call cost) 15X0
(X between 2 and 9 inclusive) Premium rate numbers (per-minute cost) 1598
and 1599
Premium rate adult services 1800
National freephone / toll free 00800
International freephone / toll free 1850
Non-geographical due to be phased out. 1890
Non-geographical due to be phased out. 1891
Reduced cost internet access (possibly timed) 1892
Local rate internet access (timed) 1893
Variable cost internet access (timed) 199
Network engineering tests
The following prefix regular phone numbers in order to affect how they are handled:
Code Purpose 13
Carrier Selection (Third party long distance, international and internet services). These codes override the default carrier. 141
Withhold Caller ID (CLIR) - (overrides preset for this call only) 142
Present Caller ID (CLIP) - (overrides preset for this call only)
Legacy, Historic and Obsolete codes
Code Purpose 16
Former International Access Code (replaced by EU standard 00) 03
Formerly used for calls to Great Britain. The format was 03 + STD code + local number
08
Formerly used for Northern Ireland landlines (Now 048). e.g. Belfast 01232 xxx xxx
was reached by dialling 08 01232 xxx xxx
084
Formerly used for Belfast landlines 10
National operator assistance (withdrawn in 2007) 114
International operator assistance (withdrawn in 2007) 910
Operator-assisted calls to some areas without direct dialling (withdrawn in the early 1980s) 1190
Telecom Éireann national directory assistance (withdrawn in the early 2000s and replaced with 11811
, originally 190
) 1197
Telecom Éireann UK directory assistance (withdrawn in the early 2000s and replaced with 11818
, originally 197
) 1198
Telecom Éireann international directory assistance (withdrawn in the early 2000s and replaced with 11818
, originally 198
) 191
Telecom Éireann repair services (withdrawn in the late 1990s) 196
Telemessaging services, whereby callers could ask an operator to send a postcard with a printed message (withdrawn in the late 1990s) 1191
Speaking clock (withdrawn on 27 August 2018) 0300
Premium Rate (Now 15XX) 17
Callback tests (Service codes may be contained in 19 range, but are not published)2
Historical Great Britain access codes (Discontinued in 1993)
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Sovereign states States with limited recognition Dependencies and other entities