A Phonebox in Letterkenny, Ireland (2022)

06 August 2022. 01:48am
opposite
McCafferty's bar,
44-46 Lower Main Street,
Letterkenny,
County Donegal,
F92 K40K,
Ireland
rte news
End of the line: Last of Ireland's phone boxes to be removed
Updated / Thursday, 22 Feb 2024 15:40
Of the 105 remaining units, 94 will be removed over the coming months
By Brian O'Donovan
Work & Technology Correspondent
Telecommunications company eir has announced that it has begun the process of removing the last of the country's payphone boxes.
Of the 105 remaining units, 11 will become digital kiosks, while the other 94 will be removed over the coming months.
At their peak, there were around 3,300 payphone boxes across Ireland.
In recent years, disused phone boxes have been donated to community groups and repurposed as defibrillator sites, tourism kiosks and even religious shrines.
Eir said that 76 phone kiosks have been converted to rapid electric vehicle chargers, with an additional 66 on the way.