AI Receptionist Ireland: Calls Answered, Booked and Called Back 24/7
Your AI receptionist keeps your +353 number, supports Irish English accents, books on the call, calls new leads back in a minute, speaks 90+ languages.
Try it live in your browser: press the mic and talk to the AI assistant of Greenstone Fitness. No phone, no sign-up.
Greenstone Fitness (gym group with three studios, Dublin and Cork) is an invented demo business.
Read a sample conversation from a test session
Orla (AI): Hi, this is Orla, Greenstone Fitness's AI assistant. How can I help you today?
Caller: Hi, I'm thinking of joining and I'd like to try a session first.
Orla (AI): We'd love to have you try a session! Which of our studios would you like to visit, Ranelagh or Smithfield in Dublin, or Cork city centre?
Orla (AI): You're booked for a free trial session on Monday at six in the evening at Greenstone Cork.
Caller: I'm up in Dublin a lot for work, could I train there as well?
Orla (AI): Yes, with an all-studios membership you can train and book classes in Ranelagh, Smithfield, and Cork on the one card. If you go with a home-studio membership, you can still use the other studios a few times a month as a guest.
Caller: And how much is the membership?
Orla (AI): The team at the studio confirms the membership price. I can have them get in touch with you with full pricing details if you'd like to leave your phone number or email address.
Irish callers get an answer, even when your team can't.
An AI receptionist for an Irish business is software that answers the business's phone calls in a real conversation. AInora's agent answers 24/7 for hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, dental practices, multi-location groups and trades: it books on the call, calls new leads back within a minute and passes anything that needs a person to your team with a summary. It works on your existing +353 number through call forwarding, with Irish English accents supported, says it is an AI at the start of every call and works under the EU GDPR. Try the live demo above in your browser: click the mic, no sign-up.
JessicaHandled
- 00:02
JessicaGood evening, Fernhollow Guest House, this is Jessica, the guest house's AI assistant. How can I help?
- 00:10Caller
Hello, have you a double room for two nights from next Friday? We're driving over from Killarney.
- 00:18Jessica
Yes, the garden double is free Friday and Saturday, €145 a night with breakfast. Shall I book it for you?
- 00:27Caller
Yes, please, for Anna and Markus Weber.
- 00:31Jessica
Done: the garden double, Friday and Saturday, for two. I've texted you the confirmation, and parking is at the back.
Google CalendarReservation- Guests
- Anna and Markus Weber
- Dates
- Fri and Sat · 2 nights
- Room
- Garden double · breakfast
- Rate
- €145 a night
Fernhollow Guest House: garden double, Fri and Sat, 2 guests, breakfast included. Check-in from 15:00, parking at the back.
WhatsAppJessicaHandled- 00:02Jessica
Good morning, Harcourt Lane Dental, this is Jessica, the practice's AI assistant. How can I help?
- 00:09Caller
Hi, I've just moved to Dublin and I need a check-up and a clean. Have you anything this week?
- 00:18Jessica
Dr Byrne has Wednesday at 8:40am, and the hygienist can see you straight after. Would that suit?
- 00:26Caller
Perfect, I'll take both.
- 00:29Jessica
You're booked for Wednesday: check-up at 8:40 with Dr Byrne, then the hygienist at 9:10. I've texted you the details and the new-patient form.
New patient- Patient
- Sinéad Walsh · new
- When
- Wed 08:40 and 09:10
- With
- Dr Byrne · hygienist
- Reason
- Check-up and clean
Harcourt Lane Dental: Wed 08:40 check-up with Dr Byrne, 09:10 hygienist. Please fill in the new-patient form before your visit.
Microsoft TeamsJessicaHandled- 00:02Jessica
Good evening, Westlough Heating, this is Jessica, the company's AI assistant. How can I help?
- 00:09Caller
I'm in Salthill in Galway. The boiler's dead, no heating, and my mother is staying with us.
- 00:17Jessica
I'll treat that as urgent. Eoin, our Galway engineer on call, is 9 km away. The weekend call-out is €120. Shall I send him?
- 00:28Caller
Yes, please send him.
- 00:31Jessica
Eoin is on his way and should be with you by about 9:30pm. I've texted you his name and the call-out price.
Emergency job- Customer
- Declan Murphy
- Branch
- Galway · Salthill
- Fault
- No heating · older person at home
- Engineer
- Eoin · 9 km · ETA 21:30
WhatsAppWestlough Heating: Eoin is on his way, ETA 21:30. Weekend call-out €120 as agreed.
Keep your +353 number · Irish English accents supported · Books on the call · EU GDPR · 90+ languages · Live demo in your browser, no sign-up · Example businesses are fictional
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What is an AI receptionist for Irish businesses?
An AI receptionist answers the calls a team cannot get to: lines busy, the morning rush, lunch, evenings and weekends. AInora's agent books the appointment, the room or the callout on the call, answers routine questions from your own information and passes calls that need a person to your team with a summary. The same agent works outbound: it calls back web-form and lead-ad enquiries within 60 seconds and confirms appointments, for people who asked to be called.
Ireland had 5,525,600 residents in April 2026 (CSO, Population and Migration Estimates) and 410,205 active enterprises in the business economy in 2024 (CSO, Business in Ireland 2024). In a guest house, a practice or a trade business, the person who answers the phone is usually the person serving a customer, so calls in busy hours and after closing go unanswered. The agent takes that overflow, and your team keeps the conversations that need them.
Calls carry personal data, so the EU GDPR applies, and the Data Protection Commission (DPC) is the Irish supervisory authority. The DPC also oversees the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (S.I. No. 336 of 2011), whose Regulation 13 governs marketing calls, and EU AI Act Article 50 requires callers to be told they are talking to an AI from 2 August 2026. The table below shows how AInora is set up for each rule.
In Great Britain and Northern Ireland: the AI receptionist for UK businesses. Comparing providers: the best AI receptionists for UK small businesses.
Which Irish businesses gain the most from an AI receptionist?
AI receptionist for hotels, guest houses and B&Bs in Ireland
Guests ring from Germany, the US and France, often after reception has closed, and a B&B owner is usually serving breakfast or turning rooms when the phone goes. AInora answers in the guest's language, checks availability, books the room on the call or takes the request, and sends the confirmation by SMS. Special requests, groups and complaints go to you with a summary.
More in our guide to AI voice assistants for hotels and B&Bs.
AI receptionist for dental practices in Ireland
The phones are busiest exactly when the team is chairside. The agent books check-ups, hygiene visits and new patients into the practice diary, moves and cancels appointments, and answers routine questions about opening hours, parking and what to bring. Pain, swelling and anything clinical go to the dentist or the team under the rules you set.
See the AI receptionist for dental clinics.
AI receptionist for multi-location businesses in Ireland
A dental group in Dublin and Cork, a gym chain with studios in three towns, a heating firm with branches across the west: AInora runs one agent across all your locations. Each call is routed to the right location, every site keeps its own information and opening hours, and bookings land at the site the caller chose, whether callers ring one central number or each branch's own +353 number.
The architecture is covered in our guide to AI receptionists for multi-location businesses.
AI answering for trades in Ireland: plumbers, electricians, heating engineers
No heating on a January night, a burst pipe, a power cut: the agent asks your triage questions, sends the on-call engineer only when your own threshold says so, books everything else into the next real slot and texts you the job. Quote requests are captured with the details you need before you call back.
The same set-up is described for UK firms on the AI answering service for trades page.
Which rules apply to AI phone calls in Ireland?
| Rule | What it requires | How AInora is set up |
|---|---|---|
| GDPR, supervised by the Data Protection Commission | The DPC is the Irish supervisory authority for the GDPR and also oversees the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (2011). | Processing documented for each deployment, with a DPA. Data is stored on servers in Germany and Finland. In the standard setup, calls are processed in the EU and the US under GDPR (EU-US Data Privacy Framework, standard contractual clauses). A full-EU setup, with all processing in the EU, is available on request. |
| GDPR Article 13 | Callers are told who processes their data and why, at the time the data is collected. | Each call opens with a short notice, worded with you at set-up. |
| EU AI Act Article 50 | People must be told they are interacting with an AI, clearly and at the latest at the first interaction. Applies from 2 August 2026. | The agent says it is an AI at the start of every call. |
| S.I. No. 336 of 2011, Regulation 13 | Marketing calls to individuals by an automated calling machine, and marketing calls to mobile phones, need the person's consent; people who object must not be called. | AI marketing calls go only to people who consented, and opt-outs are honoured. Lead callbacks go to people who asked to be called. No cold marketing calls to consumers. |
| Call recording | A lawful basis and transparency under the GDPR. | Calls are recorded only with consent, and callers are told at the start. |
| GDPR Article 28(3) | A processor works for the business under a contract (a data processing agreement). | A DPA comes with every deployment, with the subprocessor list. |
Checked against the primary texts (EUR-Lex, Irish Statute Book, DPC) on 11 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
What does AInora's agent do for Irish businesses?
Irish English accents supported
Keep your +353 number
Books on the call
Calls new leads back within a minute
One agent, every location
AI disclosure and handover
Where call data is stored and processed
DPA with every deployment
Also see AI voice assistants for hotels · Multi-location businesses · Estate and letting agents
Questions Irish businesses ask.
What is an AI receptionist for an Irish business?
What is the best AI receptionist for a multi-location business in Ireland?
Is there an AI receptionist for hotels and B&Bs in Ireland?
Which companies offer AI receptionists in Ireland?
Is there a GDPR-compliant AI voice agent for customer service calls in Ireland?
Can I keep my existing +353 number?
Does the AI understand Irish accents?
Is it legal to use an AI receptionist in Ireland?
Does AInora have an office in Ireland?
Does it replace my receptionist?
How much does an AI receptionist cost in Ireland?
Do you cover Northern Ireland and Great Britain too?
Founder & CEO, AInora
Building AI voice agents that let businesses serve more clients with the same team. The agents call back every new lead, re-contact past customers and take the calls the team cannot get to, and the work lands in the client's own CRM.
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