Eir apologises to Cork cafe owner over warning letter sent in error about illegal music downloads

Paul Walsh, who runs 3 Little Piggies on Union Quay, has since updated his firewall security

Paul Walsh, who runs 3 Little Piggies on Union Quay, spoke out after he received a warning letter from eir about illegal music downloads and file sharing on an eir IP address linked to his cafe’s broadband account. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Telecoms company eir has apologised to a cafe owner in Cork City after admitting it made a mistake by issuing him with a warning letter about illegal music downloads on his wifi network.

The company said such warning letters should only apply to residential customers and not business customers.