Telephone service information

Home Country Direct calling

This service allows one to call an operator in your home country, toll free and complete your call on a collect or chargecard basis depending on your home company's policies. No coin deposit or smart card required at payphones in Ireland to call 1-800 toll-free numbers (nor for 0800 / 0500 numbers in NI).

European Carriers

Telco HCD access code HCD codes from
from IRL Northern Ireland
A-Austria Dir 1-800 55 00 43 0800 890043
B-Belgacom 1-800 55 03 20 0800 890032
CH-Swiss Telecom 1-800 55 00 41 0800 890041
CY-Cyprus Direct 1-800 550 357 Not Available
D-Deutsche Tel 1-800 55 00 49 0800 890049
DK-Teledanmark 1-800 55 00 45 0800 890045
E-Telefonica 1-800 55 00 34 0800 890034
F-France Telecom 1-800 55 10 33 0800 890033
GB-BT 1-800 55 00 44
GB-Mercury 1-800 55 00 04
GR-Greece Dir 1-800 55 00 30 0800 890030
H-Hungary Tel 1-800 55 00 36 0800 890036
I-SIP 1-800 55 00 39 0800 890039
IRL-Telecom Eir 1-8081* 0800 890353 or 0500 890353
IS-Iceland 1-800 550 354 0800 890354
L-PTT Luxembourg 1-800 550 352 0800 890352
N-Norway Direct 1-800 55 00 47 0800 890047
NL-PTT Telecom 1-800 55 00 31 0800 890031
P-Tel Portugal 1-800 550 351 0800 890351
FIN-Finland 1-800 550 358 0800 890358
S-Telia Direct 1-800 55 00 46 0800 890046
Foreign Carriers
Telco HCD access code HCD codes from
from IRL Northern Ireland
AUS-Tel Australia 1-800 55 00 61 0800 890061
AUS-Optus 1-800 55 01 61 Not available
Bahrain 1-800 550 973 0800 890973
CDN-Canada Direct 1-800 555 001 0800 890016
Chile 1-800 55 00 56 0800 890056
Hong Kong 1-800 55 00 85 0800 890852
Israel 1-800 550 972 0800 890972
J-KDD Japan Dir 1-800 55 00 81 0800 890081
Malaysia 1-800 55 00 60 0800 890060
Morocco 1-800 550 212 Not available
Philippines 1-800 55 00 63 0800 890063
NZ-Tel New Zealand 1-800 55 00 64 0800 890064
Philippines 1-800 55 00 63 0800 890063
RS-Singapore Tel 1-800 55 00 65 0800 890065
ZA-South Africa 1-800 55 00 27 0800 890027
Turkey 1-800 55 00 90 0800 890090
UAE 1-800 550 971 0800 890971
USA - AT&T 1-800 550 000 0800 890011
USA - MCI 1-800 551 001 0800 890222
USA - Sprint 1-800 552 001 0800 890877


Codes for other areas may be obtained by calling 114 (155 in NI).



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