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Everything needed to write about ChargingSpots: Ireland or list it: the press release, descriptions in four lengths, the key features, the facts, a one-page fact sheet, the app icon and screenshots. Every file has a permanent address, printed beside it to copy into a form. Or download everything as one zip. Questions, review copies and interviews: hello@caddora.ie.

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ChargingSpots: Ireland

Every EV charger in Ireland

Press release

Issued 4 November 2026. Republish it whole, quote it, or lift a sentence; no permission is needed. Link to it at https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/press#release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ChargingSpots: Ireland, a free app that shows which EV chargers on your route you can actually use

Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 4 November 2026

ChargingSpots: Ireland is a free app for electric car drivers in Ireland, north and south. Drivers tell it which charging networks they have accounts with, which plugs their car takes and whether they pay by contactless bank card. It then marks every public charger on their route as compatible, incompatible or not sure, and says why.

Ireland's charging networks each have their own app, account and way of paying, and each app shows only its own chargers. A driver planning a trip has no single place to see which of the chargers along the way will take their card or their plug, and often finds out only on arrival. ChargingSpots puts every network on one map and checks each charger against what the driver actually holds. On a trip from Naas to Galway, for example, it lists the chargers near the start, on the way and near the destination, and in the app's example 56 of the 69 chargers on the way come up as compatible.

It is available now on the App Store for iPhone, and is coming to Google Play for Android.

Key features

  • Every charger on the route marked compatible, incompatible or not sure
  • Says why: payment, plugs, power and what you need to start
  • More than 1,300 chargers, north and south
  • ESB ecars, EasyGo, Tesla, Ionity, Applegreen, Circle K and more
  • Filters for compatible only, 50 kW and up, and distance from the route
  • Chargers grouped near the start, on the way and near the destination
  • Directions in Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps
  • Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Favourites, and a note of whether a charger worked for you
  • Free, with no account, no adverts and no tracking

Who it helps

New EV owners who don't yet know which networks they need; drivers on long trips away from their usual chargers; visitors and drivers crossing the border; anyone who pays by contactless card rather than with an account; and fleet and rental drivers handed a car and a charging card.

"Every network in Ireland wants its own app or account, and too often you only find out at the charger. I wanted one app that answers a simple question before you set off: which chargers on my route will actually work for me?" said John Sheehy, developer of ChargingSpots and founder of Caddora.

What it will not do

It cannot show whether a charger is free or in use right now, because Ireland's charging networks do not publish that openly yet, and it says so rather than guessing. Charger locations come from OpenStreetMap contributors.

Privacy

No account, no adverts and no tracking. Networks, plugs, favourites and notes stay on the phone. A place search and a route request go to the map service only to plan the route.

Pricing and availability

Free, with no in-app purchases. Requires iPhone with iOS 17 or later, or Android 8 or later. Works with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Made in Ireland by Caddora.

About Caddora

Caddora is an independent Irish app developer based in Naas, Co. Kildare, and makes ChargingSpots, Cameleon, RefreshYourMac, Folio Refresh, RefreshMyPhone, SofiLingo and Caddora Golf.

Links

No press key or review copy is needed: the app is free and asks for no account.

Press contact

John Sheehy, Caddora
hello@caddora.ie
Press kit, screenshots and icon: https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/press

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Descriptions

Tagline 27 characters

Every EV charger in Ireland

Short 142 characters

For EV drivers in Ireland: set your networks, plugs and how you pay, and ChargingSpots marks every charger on your route as compatible or not.

Description 250 characters

ChargingSpots is an app for EV drivers in Ireland, north and south. Tell it your charging networks, your car's plugs and how you pay, and it marks every charger between you and where you're going as compatible, incompatible or not sure, and says why.

Longer 200 words

ChargingSpots is an app for electric car drivers in Ireland, north and south, on iPhone and Android. Every charging network starts switched on: turn off the ones you don't have an account with, choose the plugs your car takes, and say whether you pay by contactless bank card. Then plan a route, and every charger near it is marked compatible, incompatible or not sure. Tap a charger to see why: how to pay, which plugs and how much power it has, how many cars can charge at once and what you need to start a charge, then open directions in Google Maps or Waze, or Apple Maps on iPhone. Filters narrow the list to compatible chargers, 50 kW and up, or within 10 to 40 km of the road, grouped near the start, on the way and near the destination. It covers more than 1,300 chargers from ESB ecars, EasyGo, Tesla, Ionity, Applegreen, Circle K and other networks, and works with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It does not say whether a charger is free right now, because Ireland's networks do not publish that openly yet. Free, with no account, no adverts and no tracking. Made in Ireland by Caddora.

Key features

  1. Marks the chargers you can actually use. Set your networks, your car's plugs and whether you pay by contactless card, and every charger on the route is compatible, incompatible or not sure.
  2. Says why. Tap a charger for how to pay, which plugs and how much power, how many cars can charge at once and what you need to start a charge.
  3. A route, not a map full of pins. Chargers are grouped near the start, on the way and near the destination, with filters for compatible only, 50 kW and up, and distance from the road.
  4. In the car. On Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, the compatible chargers on your route and your favourites are on the car's screen, with directions.
  5. Free and private. No account, no adverts and no tracking. Your networks, plugs and favourites stay on your phone.

Facts

Name
ChargingSpots: Ireland
Developer
Caddora, Ireland
Website
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots
Category
Navigation / Electric vehicles
Platform
iPhone with iOS 17 or later; Android 8 or later. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
Availability
On the App Store.
Coverage
The island of Ireland, the Republic and Northern Ireland: more than 1,300 chargers
Networks
ESB ecars, EasyGo, Tesla, Ionity, Applegreen, Circle K and others
Price
Free. No in-app purchases, no adverts.
Data
Charger locations from OpenStreetMap contributors. No live availability: Ireland's networks do not publish it openly yet.
Privacy
No account and no tracking. Networks, plugs and favourites stay on the phone.
Languages
English
Contact
hello@caddora.ie
Website
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots
App Store
https://caddora.ie/get/chargingspots-ios/press
Web demo
https://caddora.ie/chargeroute/demo/
Demo video (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0h_I2SGvw
Privacy policy
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/privacy
Support
mailto:support@caddora.ie
Press kit
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/press

Fact sheet, release and share card

Fact sheet
One A4 page: what it is, coverage, networks, price and availability.
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/press/chargingspots-fact-sheet.pdf
Press release, plain text
The release above, ready to paste into an email.
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/press/chargingspots-press-release.txt
Share card, 1200 × 630
The image ChargingSpots' page shows when a link is shared.
https://caddora.ie/chargingspots/press/share-card.jpg

App icon

PNG, 32 to 1024 pixels.

Screenshots

The apps themselves, on a trip from Naas to Galway: six from iPhone at 1320 × 2868 and six from Android at 1080 × 2095. JPEG.

Using these

Use the icon, screenshots and text freely to write about or list ChargingSpots. Please do not change the icon's colours or shape. Map data in the screenshots is © OpenStreetMap contributors, and on iPhone © Apple.