When you are moving into a new house – or getting one built – one important thing to remember is to sort out the telephone connection.

Eircom is the  company in charge of the telephone system in Ireland . You can choose another provider eventually – but you have to go through Eircom first  for a brand new landline connection.
A Landline connection is  almost essential in many places in Ireland  if you want a good broadband connection speed.
Most landline providers offer bundles where you can get all your calls to landlines and broadband for a set monthly price.

See this article  Comparison of  Broadband and Phone Prices in Ireland – it compares the prices from providers like Vodafone, Eircom,  UTV and UPC .

When you are building a house or moving house – getting the telephone line connected is one of the important things to remember. In Ireland – Eircom is responsible for the telephone infrastructure and connections.
Normally – getting a land line connection may involve Eircom charges from €25 euro up to €121 Euro for a new house where new  line work has to be carried out. If the previous owner or tenant asked for the line to be disconnected – there will be a charge to reconnect.
Until January 28th 2009 – Eircom are offering FREE connection for all telephone lines.  to take advantage of this offer.