Sky Ireland have a special offer that is available online only from Jan 6th to Feb 12th 2012. If you join   Sky Ireland Online you  get a free Sky+ box and free setup .

A Sky Plus box allows you to record up to 185 hours of TV programs to watch when  it suits you-  and you can even pause live TV .

Visit Sky Ireland to find out more .

You might also be interested in  finding out about Saorview – the Irish Digital TV service which is already up and running.
In 2012 – the old aerial  signals from RTE will be switched off and all their transmissions will be digital. You may need to buy new equipment to recieve the digital TV channels. Some people may need new aeriels and a digital TV receiver.
Sky customers will not need to do anything or buy anything – they will continue to watch digital TV via their satellite.
Find out more about Saorview Here