Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (a varied remit if ever we saw one) Dermot Ahern has launched a free wifi service at the country’s three largest airports to mark Ireland’s Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers.
The service is only free until June, and will be centred on departure lounges and other major passenger areas.
Hosted by Aer Rianta at Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports, each location will be in partnership with either Eircom, Esat Telecom and O2, depending on what airport you’re visiting.
Twenty million passegers pass through these airports each year and given how much of that traffic is related to the technology firms in Ireland, the service should be very successful.