Ionity charging network

Those 2 new in Kill North Still not active, still wrapped partially in plastic so at least it's obvious they aren't ready.
Same in Cashel - 2 new chargers, wrapped up all cozy.

Kill North is finally getting busy, saw it full for first time ever this Sunday Afternoon.

Cashel is going to be fun - with 4 chargers it's already getting ICEd frequently with McDonalds overspill, on top of being popular.

Can't see Ionity dropping their prices until others do - from my anecdotal weekend journeys The M7/8 shows they've finally gotten busy.

Ionity famously haven't built any stations outside of the greater Dublin region yet. There's was rumors of one in Waterford last year but they're sitting on it as far as I can tell

And Athlone, and Cashel.

Do the different colours mean anything?

That's what confused me about the picture, the purple ones are all unattended.

That's interesting as there's already 6 x 150KW chargers (3 units) there, Circle K brand. I'd have thought Circle K would want to protect their investment rather than let a competitor in there?

I stop there for a top-up on a same-day return trip Dublin-Cork for work, and I've never seen more than 3 cars charging. Usually charge on the way back around 4pm/5pm, but occasionally on the way down at around 8am, and it's never been busy.

Not sure 24 Ionity bays there is the best use of them, considering other routes/locations could be much better served and would probably be busier with 2 x 12-bay Ionity hubs. Still, it makes the M8 pretty much a doddle with so many units along it…

Firstly there's likely to be rules coming down to line forcing TII service station operators to allow more than one charge point operator on their forecourts. The options realistically are easygo, ionity, ecars or tesla because they can't really be expected to allow Applegreen or Maxol into their forecourts. Ecars and Tesla would be competitive on price so that only leaves easygo or Ionity and presumably Ionity gave them the better deal. Speculation here but I'd imagine that's how it happened

Just looking at the M8 on plugshare. Starting at Cork going towards the M7. Fermoy is the first potential charging stop then Cashel which has 5 chargers and Ballacolla which has 2 (or 10 if you drive a Tesla)

Going the other direction then from Killarney to Dungarvan along the N72 you pretty much just have Fermoy as a charging hub

So sticking 24 chargers here could be beneficial for all parties, certainly in the future scheme of things