With the popularity of cell phones, phone booths have long been a thing of the past. As a result, Irish telecom company Eir and electric vehicle charging network EasyGo began converting phone booths into electric vehicle charging posts about two years ago. This new infrastructure will benefit communities in the same way that public payphone booths once did.

EasyGo has committed to deploying 200 50 kW modular DC fast chargers across Ireland under the program, and the company currently has 2,400 chargers.

According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, one in seven cars sold in Ireland this year is purely electric, and the popularity of electric vehicles in the country is growing by leaps and bounds.

Transportation accounts for one-third of Ireland's energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, IT House has learned. Increasing EV penetration is a key aspect of Ireland's Climate Action Plan, which sets a target of having nearly one million EVs on the road by 2030.