Irish plans in Dubai
Compare the data cost of using your Irish phone in Dubai
Explore United Arab Emirates eSIM plansThere is no single Dubai roaming price for an Irish customer. Your exact plan, eligibility, charging priority, Irish-time billing dates and the data you need determine the result. An existing UAE allowance can legitimately mean €0 extra data cost; an unknown allowance cannot.
Published and evidence checked 11 September 2026 · Commercial disclosure: suitcase.ie sells travel eSIMs.
Deterministic comparison
Compare your UAE data options
No provider login is required. Enter data per device; separate phones are costed independently.
Accepted observations and exclusions
| Provider | Verified UAE observation | Calculation treatment |
|---|---|---|
| Vodafone Ireland | UAE listed for Global Explorer 500: €5 for 500MB on an Irish-time data-use day. | Calculated only after the customer confirms a higher-priority RED product does not apply. |
| Three Ireland | UAE appears in the visually inspected bill-pay PDF for €5.99/2GB daily, €14.99/6GB/3 days and €34.99/14GB/7 days. | Eligible bill-pay plans only; multi-day allowances are pooled and manual re-adding is modelled as a whole new purchase. |
| eir | The visually inspected bill-pay price list puts UAE in Frequent Travel Destinations and shows a €29.99 1GB bundle. | Guidance only: validity, stacking and repeat purchases are not established, so no multi-pack result is produced. |
Download the accepted and guidance-only observations as CSV.
Dubai time is not the billing clock
Dubai uses Asia/Dubai time. An Irish operator may define a roaming day using Europe/Dublin, which changes with daylight saving. The advanced calculator converts the entered Dubai-local times through IANA time-zone data; it does not hard-code a year-round time difference.
A spending block can interrupt service. It is never represented as the price of successfully providing unlimited data.
Estimate data before comparing prices
The existing suitcase.ie estimator uses editable planning assumptions. It is not a measured average and it does not make internet calling legal or available.
What this comparison includes
It compares incremental travel-data cost, not the whole Irish monthly contract. Voice, SMS, a UAE number, insurance and other bundle benefits remain separate. Tourist offers are shown as a separate category and are not inserted into the Irish-provider benchmark basket.
Read the fixed 5GB/7-day benchmark methodology. The personalised result is not that benchmark and may correctly show that the existing plan is cheaper than suitcase.ie.
Evidence
Sources and review notes
- du: Tourist eSIM offerChecked 2026-09-11 · du advertised 10GB for 24 hours. Visitor, transit, activation and repeat-claim eligibility were not sufficiently exposed for an automated suitability verdict.
- du: Tourist SIM registration and packagesChecked 2026-09-11 · Check the current registration journey before relying on an offer.
- e& UAE: Visitor LineChecked 2026-09-11 · The current page describes a visitor product for people aged 18 or over and passport/visa checks. It does not substantiate every third-party free-offer claim.
- Vodafone Ireland: Roaming ratesChecked 2026-09-11 · UAE was listed under Global Explorer 500 and Roam Tour. Eligibility and RED priority still require customer-plan confirmation.
- Three Ireland: Roaming guidanceChecked 2026-09-11
- Three Ireland: Three Roaming Passes Billpay Add-onsChecked 2026-09-11 · Source updated 2026-05-28 · The PDF was inspected visually. UAE is listed for the €5.99 2GB daily pass and pooled €14.99/6GB/3-day and €34.99/14GB/7-day passes; eligible bill-pay plans and Irish-time expiry rules apply.
- eir: eir Mobile consumer bill-pay price list, part 12.2Checked 2026-09-11 · Source updated 2026-01-06 · The PDF lists UAE among Frequent Travel Destinations with a €29.99 1GB bill-pay data bundle. Repeat purchase, stacking and validity are not established, so it is not costed as a multi-pack scenario.
Advice, offers, tariffs, transport and airline rules can change. Check the linked primary source before relying on a time-sensitive detail. A failed refresh never converts an elevated warning or an unknown price into a favourable result.
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