Insert sim, turn phone on and then wait for a message coming through containing your Irish number.
It can take several minutes and you will then know your Irish number.
eg. 353899******
You can then proceed to add credit and activate the sim card using their website.
Ensure that your phone is set to roam.
Switch off phone and then switch back on.
Wait several minutes.
It will then find a network again.
Add credit here
https://www.lycamobile.ie/en/checkout/
You will get a message when the payment has cleared.
You then have your own phone with a Republic of Ireland number.
I used Paypal with an unlocked iphone to do this but this method did actually work in UK in June 2023.
You can also check your balance by dialling *131# from your handset.
Below are several pictures
showing the online payment process.
These sim cards will not work in UK unless you have registered them and added credit.
It has no instructions, these are shown in detail on this advert and in the description itself.
You will receive just a new and unused sim card.
Here are further instructions in Polish, Romanian, Portugese and Chinese.
It has no instructions, these are shown in detail on this advert and in the description itself. You will receive just a new and unused sim card.