List of Free WiFi in Dublin

magpie · 12-10-2005 7:14pm #1

So, where are the best places for free WiFi access in Dublin as you have your sambo and coffee?

Looking for some alternative 'office spaces' I can use. If we get a decent list together this might be worth a sticky.

EDIT/ List from Google:

FREE WIFI IN DUBLIN

Brown's Bar, Citywest, D24

Cafe Ciao, Bagget Street Bridge, D2

Chester Beatty Library, D2

Dublin Airport, End of Terminal A

Front Lounge, Parliament St, D2

Kylemore Cafe, St Stephens Green, D2

McDonald's, Kylemore Road, D24

Renard's Bar, South Frederick St, D2

Solas Bar, Camden St, D2

The Globe, Great Georges St, D2

The Market Bar, Georges St Arcade, D2

The_Conductor · 12-10-2005 9:02pm

European Parliament in Ireland, building on the corner of Molesworth Street and Dawson Street in Dublin 2. There are often gangs sitting down outside it on their front steps. Obviously its more a case of an unsecured network than free Wifi- but hey, they appear to be one and the same........

magpie · 13-10-2005 9:16am

European Parliament in Ireland, building on the corner of Molesworth Street and Dawson Street in Dublin 2. There are often gangs sitting down outside it on their front steps

All we need now is someone to set up one of those little coffee vans there

Dingatron · 13-10-2005 9:20am

Dublin Airport no longer free except for the Anna Livia Business lounge.

magpie · 26-10-2005 11:32am

Can someone sticky this?

StickyMcGinty · 28-10-2005 11:17am

yea dublin airport is 3 euro for a half hour, and 5 for an hour. you get free wifi when you get a sambo out of any shop or anything, just ask!

philologos · 28-10-2005 1:12pm

All McDonalds have it I think except for Liffey Valley

jd-ie · 31-10-2005 4:26am

I was in Bewley's hotel in Leopardstown last week and the Wi-Fi was free! I was surprised.

Peteer · 31-10-2005 10:53pm

Hi there,

Academy Hotel offers free WiFi to its customers also.
http://www.academyhotel.ie/location.htm
It's at the top end of O'Connell Street opposite the Cathal Brugha street catering college. Fadó Fadó is the hotel bar.
http://www.academyhotel.ie/fado.htm

Cheers,
Peter

Cianos · 22-11-2005 3:25pm

Avoca bar in Blackrock offer it
Also, 40ft Bar in Dun Laoghaire seem to offer it too.

masteroftherealm · 22-11-2005 4:04pm

Any good coffee shops have it?

Anarchist · 03-12-2005 7:19pm

Great thread, I am new to wireless and learned to use the psp I own last nite

Anarchist · 07-12-2005 11:18am

Notice these places and pubs are all over the posh southside :P

I shall head for one of these Dublin 2 pubs today :cool:

magpie · 07-12-2005 11:46am

Academy Hotel is on da northside

masteroftherealm · 07-12-2005 1:10pm

Ah half of th\at list aint right anyways! Most of whats up there is now payonly

Anarchist · 07-12-2005 4:50pm

Reyners/Front lounge was not available, The Globe was closed and the Market bar was a poxy 20 mins limit lol with alot of hassle
In future I won't bother my arse....

magpie · 07-12-2005 6:02pm

McDonald's have free, unlimited wifi. If you can live with yourself.

Anarchist · 07-12-2005 8:29pm

magpie wrote:

McDonald's have free, unlimited wifi. If you can live with yourself.

But I am a veggie and I like cider!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and the principles...musn't forget those

masteroftherealm · 07-12-2005 11:28pm

magpie wrote:

McDonald's have free, unlimited wifi. If you can live with yourself.

All of them?

magpie · 08-12-2005 10:51am

All of them?

As far as I know - the only one I've used was at a Roundabout in Athlone, so its probably safe to assume the ones in Dublin have it too!

masteroftherealm · 08-12-2005 1:31pm

I shall check today and report back tonight!

Peteer · 12-12-2005 11:32pm

magpie wrote:

Academy Hotel is on da northside

What has that got to fo with a Thread on free WiFi in Dublin. Am I missing the point of your message?

Cheers,
Peter

magpie · 13-12-2005 10:13am

It was in response to the post

Notice these places and pubs are all over the posh southside :P

which was directly above it.

I wish you people would try reading the whole thread before going into a fit of righteous indignation for a change.

Peteer · 13-12-2005 11:30am

magpie wrote:

It was in response to the post

which was directly above it.

I wish you people would try reading the whole thread before going into a fit of righteous indignation for a change.

I stand corrected, thanks for that.

Peter

Duckjob · 30-12-2005 10:42am

I got free WiFi sitting in the coffee shop on the top floor of the Powerscourt Townhouse Centre a couple of months back.

I think it was just a fluke of someone having an unsecured network though because they have Bitbuzz in place there which is sub based.

jay-me · 30-12-2005 10:48am

Do u not need some card or thingy to access mcdonalds ones? Also there is a number of unsecure networks all over sandymount -spoilt for choice-.

Ziycon · 31-12-2005 5:27am

Try tallaght all around the industrial area, from powercity all the way up to buger king at the top of airton road, not saying exactly were but theres loads up there!

Elessar · 04-01-2006 5:06pm

A few places in Swords have it now, all thanks to the County Council's wireless initiative. One place that has it is Millers coffe shop at the end of the main street - a lovely little place that does nice all day breakfasts!

jay-me · 10-01-2006 6:08pm

Any more locations not mentioned?

Rabies · 10-01-2006 6:16pm

Bewleys Hotel beside the RDS has free WiFi access down stairs in the bar.

jay-me · 10-01-2006 8:00pm

Kool

Kastro · 12-01-2006 10:56pm

Ziycon wrote:

Try tallaght all around the industrial area, from powercity all the way up to buger king at the top of airton road, not saying exactly were but theres loads up there!

In kingswood all i had to do was sit on my front wall. twas brill. now im in phibsboro.. not as gud im afraid. cant sit outside wit a laptop and expect to walk home with it.. feckin scummers

WunderFull · 16-01-2006 9:46pm

There is a list of Eircom phoneboxes with free Wi-Fi internet access within a radius of 100 metres or so:

http://www.lookintoireland.com/wifi.htm

JamesSmith · 22-01-2006 1:00pm

WunderFull wrote:

There is a list of Eircom phoneboxes with free Wi-Fi internet access within a radius of 100 metres or so:

http://www.lookintoireland.com/wifi.htm

Are these still free of charge?; I understand that Ecom now charges €10 per hour - ie Dublin Airport

Re Free Wifi Locs, try

South Dublin Council Offices in Tallaght

Dublin Institute of Technology environs at their various locs around the city

Karoma · 25-01-2006 10:37pm

Rabies wrote:

Bewleys Hotel beside the RDS has free WiFi access down stairs in the bar.

Bewleys Hotels
Merrion Road, Ballsbridge
Dublin Dublin 4

Leeson Inn Downtown
24 Lower Leeson Street

Dublin 4 Shortlets
Anglesea Road

NewOxfordReview · 27-01-2006 12:07pm

4 Dame Lane

delanest · 16-02-2006 10:32am

Do most of these wi-fi places just put a wireless router on there broadband and then let anybody connect.

or do they hand out pass codes/cards at the till ?

CoolBoardr · 01-03-2006 12:43pm

delanest wrote:

Do most of these wi-fi places just put a wireless router on there broadband and then let anybody connect.

or do they hand out pass codes/cards at the till ?

I'd like to know this too - are there any free spots in the city centre that aren't in cafes/bars etc that offer unlimited use? Seems too good to be true if you ask me..

Feu · 23-03-2006 3:19pm

I'm surprised there hasn't been more listed - but i suppose everyone's got broadband at home now - except for me it's buggered.

Does anyone know if the new Starbucks have it - I know they have it in the States?

Ta

Evil Al · 27-03-2006 12:20pm

Feu wrote:

Does anyone know if the new Starbucks have it - I know they have it in the States?

Starbucks Wi-Fi is *never* free. People seem to think it is, no idea why.

In the US and UK, the Wi-Fi service run by T-mobile. In Ireland it's run by Eircom (at the moment). Standard rates apply, no scratchcards available in the venues, so credit card only.

Alex

Slippin Jimmy · 10-04-2006 8:31pm

I went up to the Sandyford Industrial estate the other day and there were a load of secured networks. But also a load of unsecured ones. There are a load of them, it is just a matter of finding them.

Evil Al · 11-04-2006 8:44am

Not to be a spoilsport, but shouldn't someone point out that connecting to someone's insecure AP is against the law in Ireland? (Unless of course you've somehow been "authorised" by them to do so).

Alex

brian_boru · 13-04-2006 3:27pm

does this apply to the Wifi capability of the PSP too???

Slippin Jimmy · 13-04-2006 5:53pm

brian_boru wrote:

does this apply to the Wifi capability of the PSP too???

Not too sure. But if you can get it connected, it should work. You won't need any passwords or anything like that.

Slippin Jimmy · 13-04-2006 5:55pm

Evil Al wrote:

Not to be a spoilsport, but shouldn't someone point out that connecting to someone's insecure AP is against the law in Ireland? (Unless of course you've somehow been "authorised" by them to do so).

Alex

It is illegal, but everything is illegal till your caught:D . I have never heard anyone getting in trouble with the law over this. I stand to be corrected on this. Sure they can't prove it was you if you don't live in the area, can they?

BendiBus · 14-04-2006 3:00pm

Copper Alley Bistro, Lord Edward St, beside ChristChurch had a sign in their window yesterday offering free wireless. I don't know if it's a short-term promotion or not. I only saw it as I went by on the bus.

Karoma · 14-04-2006 3:07pm

It's illegal and immoral. *boggle* yes, they can "prove it was you" even if you don't live in the area. Please only list legally open AP's.

Evil Al · 15-04-2006 12:57pm

DonnybrookGhost wrote:

It is illegal, but everything is illegal till your caught:D . I have never heard anyone getting in trouble with the law over this. I stand to be corrected on this. Sure they can't prove it was you if you don't live in the area, can they?

People have been done for theft in the US after using someone else's Wi-Fi. Not aware of any cases here yet, but as the Guards are aware of people using other peoples' open Wi-Fi for criminal activities (child porn, warez, etc) I suspect it's only a matter of time.

Alex

Riamfada · 22-04-2006 3:32pm

you can get it on and off somtimes in Moda in Rathmines

brian_boru · 24-04-2006 9:26am

Whereabouts is Moda in Rathmines

mikedragon32 · 05-05-2006 2:08pm

Itsa Bagel, off Merrion Street (down the lane at the Merrion Hotel), says they offer free Wi-Fi, but when I went in a couple of weeks ago and tried it didn't work and none of the staff working could offer assistance.

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