55% of public car chargers are high-speed
At the end of 2025, the electric vehicle (EV) public charging infrastructure in Ireland was made up of 1,125 different charging locations with 3,416 charging points.
This included 1,883 fast charging points and 3,662 connectors (used to connect the electric vehicle to the charger) at these locations, CSO data shows.
A full 82% of the charging locations (920) were located in urban areas in December 2025, where 76% of the charging points (2,592), 75% of the fast chargers (1,415), and 76% of the connectors (2,769) were also located.
Fast chargers (AC recharging points with an output greater than 22kW and DC points with an output greater than or equal to 50kW) accounted for 1,883 points or 55% of the charging points (or EVSEs).
Fast chargers reduce charging times and have the capacity to charge to 80% of battery storage in about 20-30 minutes, compared with several hours for a regular public AC-DC charger.
There was one charging point (fast, medium or slow chargers) available for every 30 EVs and one fast charging point for every 54 EVs in Ireland as of December 2025.
Latvia highest
At EU level (EU-27), 19% of the public chargers were fast chargers in May 2026, with Latvia having the highest percentage (59%) and the Netherlands and Malta having the lowest (4%).
In Ireland, 55% of chargers are fast chargers as of December 2025.
In May 2026, the EU average was one charging point for every seven EVs.
The Netherlands reported the lowest number with three EVs per one charger and Malta had the highest number at 91 EVs per one charger.
For fast chargers, the EU-27 average was one fast charger for every 37 EVs, with Latvia reporting the lowest number with nine EVs per one fast charger and Malta the highest at 2,595 EVs.