IPhone coming to Ireland 14th March !!!

Can't believe the wait is finally over,the long awaited iPhone is coming to Ireland on the 15th March...!!! Apple are partnering with O2 like they did in the UK

I've been checking out O2.ie for news on the iPhone and I'm kinda shocked at the tariff.
I live in "Northern" Ireland only 20 mins drive from the "Republic" and I use the iPhone on the O2 UK network, whereas O2 IRL is classed as a separate network and international roaming charges are usually applied.
I'll take the tariff I use as an example:
In NI it's £35 per month
In ROI it will be €45 per month (roughly the same in £stg)
The UK tariff at the start was 300 texts, 400 mins and unlimited internet.
It has now been upgraded to 500 texts and 600 mins, which is great!
Yet the tariff that O2 IRL are offering seems to fall way short of its UK equivalent in that it will only be 100 texts, 175 mins and 1GB download limit. It will also cost to access voicemail and the "visual" voicemail will not even be supported!
I hope they upgrade the tariff after 4 months like they did on O2 UK. I will actually be moving to the South come September, and at that time my contract with the iPhone won't have expired, but when it does I'm really considering not getting the IRL version as this tariff really *****!
I wonder whether or not I will be able to take my current iPhone handset with me and, if the tariffs ever do get better, be able to change the SIM card and sign a new contract without having to purchase a new handset which is set to be €400!
In the meantime I'm wondering whether or not I can get the "Ireland Bolt-On" offered by both O2 UK and O2 IRL which abolishes roaming charges between the two.
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