Best SIM only plan at the moment?

Yes, it seems hard to get one working. I'm not on Vodafone so can't get the Vodafone €5 deal. I might order the Lyca one and just see if I can get it working…I'll update here again if I do in case, it helps anyone else.

Go into your local eir shop and get a prepaid sim with a €10 top up. Take note of the phone number and every 6 months get €5 credit in the shop and get the staff to apply it. Same with 3 or Vodafone and I'm sure their staff can also put through the credit for you once you know the number.

Looks like Gomo are no longer allowing existing Gomo sims to be ported over to eSim only (but they allow all other networks to be ported to eSim when joining Gomo). Which is a problem for my wife's new phone. Their recommendation is wait until this capability gets sorted out again - or leave to go to another network and then convert back as an eSim customer..

Doesnt look like Clearmobile do eSim either. And I dont think 48 do either. Any recommendations folks ?

Tesco has gone to 6 mths as well

That's disappointing. It used to be 2 years but you had to use it (i.e. receive a call) every 6 months

I only received that verification message after I put the new sim they sent, hope it helps!

we got 2 iMoo watches at Christmas and went with Clear Mobile, but got the Black Friday €9.99 deal. Bit dearer now. They work great though, no issues at all.

Clear Mobile referral link for €10 voucher if signing up

https://refer.clearmobile.ie/fergalc-83

Which plan did you sign up to? There's the Prepay Data Plus that doesn't come with 5G and only 100GB of 4G data for €15pm on the website.

Then there's the Prepay Data Plus 5G that needs to be bought over the phone or in-store afaik. That plan comes with 5G unlimited data and is €15pm with a Clubcard.

Also ensure you're APN is set correctly - tescomobile.liffeytelecom.com

What network is she coming from? Is she prepaid or postpaid? Single/multi line? Maybe the port failed as it should only take a couple of hours max if it's done during the week, minutes usually! Multi-line postpaid accounts can take longer though.

Lyca have live chat (here) available Mon-Sat 9-6.

I’m thinking of moving to a Sim only plan. I’ve an iPhone and travel a lot in Europe/ UK. I definitely need a package that includes calls and texts obviously to Irish numbers and also an allowance for international calls and texts. My main requirement though is data. I absolutely need roaming. Also is there any plan with any company that would allow me to add on roaming if for instance I’m going outside the EU? That would only be occasionally though. I’m currently with Vodafone and to be fair to them I’m getting all of that already but I just find them so expensive and it increases every year. Thanks in advance.

Yeah that would be Prepaid/PAYG Single Line, no account number should be asked for.

You can ring them on 1923 or 01 437 2322 or get talking to them on Live Chat, that was posted above.

Sorry, yes. Prepaid means PAYG and postpaid means billpay. Multi-line accounts have multiple numbers on them, like a business or family plan.

The only other thing I could think of that might cause the port to fail is putting down prepay registered versus unregistered. Did she register on my.eir.ie? If so she's prepay registered. I'm not sure if Lyca even checks that as some networks like Vodafone skip that altogether for PAYG.

Put a fiver on every 5 months and you'll be fine. We can reactive a number in eir even if it's been inactive for a year so it's not too big of a job.