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Tesco's broadband only SIMs are for tablets.
If you get a pay-as-you-go mobile phone SIM and top-up by €15 a month you get:
and have €5 left for texts to other phones and international numbers. Their international rates aren't bad either.
Source: http://www.tescomobile.ie/priceplans/pay-as-you-go-plans.aspx
NB: If you're planning to spend any time in Northern Ireland you'll need to look at another option as roaming, particularly data roaming, is very expensive, and everything will be charged from your €5 residual credit.
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Doing extensive research before leaving the United States, I decided to purchase 2 "all you can eat" 30 day prepaid SIM cards for our iPhone 5s from Three (3) IE 3, all you can eat 4G Data Plan.. After 6 days usage in Dublin and Belfast I am very pleased. A nice overview is available at end of answer, thanks to Ken's Tech Tips. Take a look at all the different plans. Particularly recommended if you will be traveling around the EU is 3's "Feel at Home" package. More detail than you may want but all the plans as if March, 2015 here:ken's tech tips, all you can eat/bring your own phone