EV charging in Cork: public chargers and how to pay
Cork city, inside the city council's boundary, which takes in Ballincollig, Blarney, Glanmire and Douglas but not Carrigaline or Little Island. OpenStreetMap has 45 public charging locations here, from 10 networks and operators. ESB ecars has the most, 18, then EZO (formerly EasyGo) with 8. 8 are fast chargers of 50 kW and up, 3 of them 150 kW and up. Each network has its own app or card, many chargers also take contactless, and one app, EZO's, starts ESB and Ionity chargers as well as its own.
By network, and how you pay
| Network | Locations | 50 kW+ | Contactless listed | How you pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESB ecars | 18 | 3 | 5 | ecar connect app or ESB card. Contactless on high-power chargers, coming to the rest |
| EZO (formerly EasyGo) | 8 | 3 | 5 | EZO app or fob. Contactless on most |
| ePower | 3 | 1 | 2 | ePower EV Charging app. Contactless varies by charger |
| Tesla | 2 | 1 | 0 | Tesla app, at the sites open to other cars |
| 5 other operators, one location eachHotels, shops, dealers, car parks and others | 5 | 0 | 2 | Each operator its own way: see the charger |
| Operator not on the map | 9 | 0 | 0 | Look at the charger itself |
"Contactless listed" counts the chargers OpenStreetMap says take a bank card; many more may. "How you pay" is each network's own wording, from the charging cards guide, which has the detail and the sources.
The fast chargers, 50 kW and up 8
| Where | Power | Plugs | Contactless |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair HillESB ecars | 50 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO, Type 2 | Not listed |
| FrankfieldESB ecars | 150 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO | Not listed |
| Cork SuperchargerTesla | 250 kW | CCS2 | Not listed |
| Cork Airport Charging PointePower | 50 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO, Type 2 | Not listed |
| RochestownESB ecars | 150 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO, Type 2 | Not listed |
| The MardykeEZO (formerly EasyGo) | 75 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO | Yes |
| West VillageEZO (formerly EasyGo) | 50 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO, Type 2 | Yes |
| West VillageEZO (formerly EasyGo) | 50 kW | CCS2, CHAdeMO, Type 2 | Not listed |
In order of the nearest town or suburb. Each name links to the charger on OpenStreetMap.
Free charging in Cork
6 of the 45 are marked free on OpenStreetMap, and none of them on ESB, EZO or the other networks that charge for every session. Those tags aren't dated, so check before you rely on one. Where charging is still free in Ireland.
What this page can't tell you
Which of these you can use. That depends on the networks you have an account with, your car's plugs and whether you pay by contactless, which is what ChargingSpots works out on your phone: every charger marked compatible, incompatible or not sure, and why.
Whether a charger is free right now. Ireland's networks don't publish that openly yet, so neither this page nor the app can say.
Every charger in Cork. OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers, so a new charger can take a while to appear, and some sites with several chargers are mapped as one. The networks' own apps show their own chargers only.
Find them with ChargingSpots
Every network on one map, free, with no account. Set your networks, plugs and payment once, and the chargers around you or on your route are marked for you, with directions in Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps.
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Routes to and from Cork
- Dublin to Cork: 252 km, 65 fast chargers on the way
Counties: County Donegal · County Kerry · County Kildare · County Limerick · County Waterford · County Antrim
Where the numbers come from
The chargers in the app, from OpenStreetMap on 24 October 2026, inside OpenStreetMap's boundary of Cork city. Charger data and boundary © OpenStreetMap contributors. ChargingSpots is made by Caddora in Ireland and is not connected with any of these networks.