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Prohibition on interception of services.
9.—(1) No person, other than a duly authorised officer of the
Minister, shall, in relation to a service provided by a licensee or a
service provider—

( a ) intercept the service,

( b ) suffer or permit or do any other thing that enables such interception by any person,

( c ) possess, manufacture, assemble, import, supply, or offer to supply,
any equipment which is designed or adapted to be used for the purpose of
enabling such interception by any person, or

( d ) publish information with the intention of assisting or enabling any person to intercept such a service.

(2) No person shall—

( a ) knowingly instal or attempt to instal or maintain any equipment which
is capable of being used or designed or adapted to be used for the
purpose of enabling such interception by any person, or

( b ) wilfully damage or attempt to damage a system or part of a system operated by a licensee or service provider.

(3) A person who contravenes any provision of subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

(4) In this section "intercept" in relation to a service means
receive, view, listen to, record by any means or acquire the substance
or purport of the service or part thereof supplied by a licensee or
service provider without the agreement of the licensee or service
provider.

From The Broadcasting Act 1990 (Ireland)

The main Pay TV systems are Sky (via Satellite) and UPC (via Cable). Magnet uses Fibre and Homevision DSL (Dublin). There are a few smaller cable systems, the largest being Casey in Dungarvan

( d ) publish information with the intention of assisting or enabling any person to intercept such a service.

This means we can only say that Card Sharing (even on your own LAN in your own house) can't be discussed in terms that would help someone do it as it's illegal in Ireland as are any methods of extending or obtaining PayTv without the correct payment to the correct supplier.

Foreign pay TV.

Currently "third party" import legitimate pay TV viewing cards are legal for private individuals. They might not be legal for Pubs, Clubs and other Public places where a Performance Licence is usually needed too.

Discussions on pay TV other than Sky & UPC, mostly for Football:Foreign Satellite on Boards.ie Technically Sky is a Foreign TV platform. Also UPC, while Foreign owned, is an Irish subsidiary, but most of the actual pay TV content is either from UK or Sky PayTV platform. The only significant Irish pay TV channel is TV3e with less than 1% market share.

Differences between Sky and UPC

	Sky	UPC
Delivery	Dish reception	Cabled areas only
Set-box	subsidised install	remains UPC property
Content	Best channels Free, even after cancelling.	Subscription only: No free channels
Multiroom	Needs Phone line verification	Cheaper and no phone line needed

Other pay TV suppliers
Mainland Europe Satellite
Arabic Satellite

Freesat, Sat4Free, Free To Air and Freeview vs Pay TV

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Prohibition on interception of services.	9.—(1) No person, other than a duly authorised officer of the Minister, shall, in relation to a service provided by a licensee or a service provider—
	( a ) intercept the service,
	( b ) suffer or permit or do any other thing that enables such interception by any person,
	( c ) possess, manufacture, assemble, import, supply, or offer to supply, any equipment which is designed or adapted to be used for the purpose of enabling such interception by any person, or
	( d ) publish information with the intention of assisting or enabling any person to intercept such a service.
	(2) No person shall—
	( a ) knowingly instal or attempt to instal or maintain any equipment which is capable of being used or designed or adapted to be used for the purpose of enabling such interception by any person, or
	( b ) wilfully damage or attempt to damage a system or part of a system operated by a licensee or service provider.
	(3) A person who contravenes any provision of subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
	(4) In this section "intercept" in relation to a service means receive, view, listen to, record by any means or acquire the substance or purport of the service or part thereof supplied by a licensee or service provider without the agreement of the licensee or service provider.