Ireland On-Line

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Ireland On-Line (IOL) is a former ISP in Ireland.

Ireland On-line was the first commercial internet service provider in the state. The company was formed in 1992 by Barry Flanagan, and was reported to have launched "Ireland's first mass-market Internet service" in January 1994.<ref name="Grossman 1994">Template:Cite news</ref> In 1997, the company was bought by An Post for IR£2.5m. Two years later, it was sold to Esat Telecom Group plc for IR£ 115m. A year later, Esat Telecom was taken over by BT Group plc. In 2002 Esat was rebranded Esat BT.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2009 BT Ireland withdrew from retail telecommunications and transferred retail operations, along with IOL's former subscribers, to Vodafone Ireland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

• Iol's home page - now simply a webmail login page for legacy email addresses
• Oceanfree.net's home page Template:Webarchive - now simply a webmail login page for legacy email addresses