2Gb Broadband Deals Ireland (October 2026)
Prices updated 11 October 2026
What is the cheapest 2 Gbps broadband deal?
The cheapest 2 Gbps plan we track is Broadband Ultrafast Max 2Gbps (12-month offer) from Sky, at an estimated €600 over a first year and €50 a month averaged across its 12-month contract. 4 plans from 2 providers are sold at this speed. Across every speed, the cheapest plan on the market is eir Fibre 500Mb at €319.88.
Advertised pricing as of 11 October 2026. Availability varies by eircode — confirm with the provider before ordering.
Every 2 Gbps broadband plan compared
All 4 plans advertised at 2 Gbps download, ranked by estimated first-year cost with setup fees added and one-off credits deducted. To compare across speeds, use the full broadband comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Technology | Opening rate | Then | Term | First year | Avg/month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky | Broadband Ultrafast Max 2Gbps (12-month offer) | Full fibre | €50/mo × 12 | €80/mo | 12 mo | €600 | €50/mo |
| Sky | Broadband Ultrafast Max 2Gbps (24-month offer) | Full fibre | €55/mo × 24 | €80/mo | 12 mo | €660 | €55/mo |
| Virgin Media | Full Fibre 2Gb Broadband (12-month) | Cable | €55/mo × 12 | €90/mo | 12 mo | €660 | €55/mo |
| Virgin Media | Full Fibre 2Gb Broadband (24-month) | Cable | €60/mo × 24 | €90/mo | 24 mo | €720 | €60/mo |
Cheapest 2 Gbps plan from each provider
If you already know which networks reach your address, this is the shorter read: one row per provider, showing its best plan at this speed and whether it raises the price mid-contract.
| Provider | Best plan | First year | Avg/month | Mid-contract rise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky | Broadband Ultrafast Max 2Gbps (24-month offer) | €660 | €55/mo | No annual rise |
| Virgin Media | Full Fibre 2Gb Broadband (24-month) | €720 | €60/mo | No annual rise |
2Gb Broadband in Ireland
Two-gigabit broadband is the top of the mainstream Irish market. It is sold by the providers whose networks can carry it, and availability is much narrower than at 500 Mbps or a gigabit: the line into your house has to support it, so the answer for any given address is decided by which network reaches that address rather than by which provider you prefer.
It is worth being blunt about who needs this. For ordinary household use — streaming, calls, browsing, gaming, several people at once — a 2 Gbps connection will not feel any faster than a gigabit, because nothing in a normal home asks for that much at once. The cases where it earns its price are genuine bulk transfers: moving very large video or design files daily, running a home server that others connect to, or a household with an unusual number of simultaneous heavy users.
There is also a hardware condition attached. Standard consumer equipment tops out at one gigabit per ethernet port, so reaching 2 Gbps needs either a multi-gigabit port on the router and on the device, or the speed split across several devices at once. If the equipment in the house cannot take it, the extra capacity exists on the line and nowhere else, and the money is better spent on a better router at a lower tier.
The plans in the table below are priced the same way as every other tier on this site: a full first-year total including setup and any new-customer credit, and an average monthly figure over the whole minimum term with any contractual annual rise included, so a cheap opening rate on a long contract cannot flatter itself.
2Gb Broadband questions
What is the cheapest 2 Gbps broadband deal in Ireland?
The cheapest 2 Gbps plan in our data is Broadband Ultrafast Max 2Gbps (12-month offer) from Sky, at an estimated €600 over a first year — €50 a month for 12 months, then €80. That figure adds any setup fee and deducts any one-off new-customer credit. Availability is decided by your address, so check the provider's eircode checker before ordering.
Which providers sell 2 Gbps broadband in Ireland?
2 providers in our data sell at this speed: Sky, Virgin Media. That is who advertises it nationally, not who can deliver it to you — fixed broadband is sold address by address, and the networks that reach any given house are a matter of where the fibre or cable was built.
Do I actually need 2 Gbps broadband?
Two-gigabit plans from the providers whose networks can carry them — a premium tier with narrow availability. As a rule the number of people using the connection at once matters far more than what any one of them is doing: a single 4K stream needs around 25 Mbps, and a video call rather less. If your connection only feels slow at particular times of day, that is contention between devices, and more headroom helps. If it is slow all the time on one device, the problem is more likely Wi-Fi or the router than the line.
Why is the first-year cost different from the monthly price?
Because almost every plan at this speed is sold on an introductory rate that expires. The first-year column adds twelve months of whatever you actually pay — opening rate while it lasts, standard rate afterwards — plus any setup fee, less any one-off new-customer credit. No plan at this speed carries such a credit in our current data. None of the plans at this speed carries a contractual annual price rise.