Can I pay all utility bills from my Irish bank account DD

I am in the midst of moving my direct debits from Bankia to my Transferwise euro account, their bank account is based in Belgium, none of the utility companies saw this as a problem. 

I believe as long as it is a euro based account you will be fine.

My German friends have done this, closed the Spanish account everything is paid from Germany now after nearly 20 years 

Thanks all,it sounds like it should be possible.

I was being lead to understand that certain bills or tax could only be paid from a spanish bank account,this dosnt make sense as I have a euro account and live in the eurozone.

I will update the outcome as I get it,im sure too many people are paying unnecessary bank charges.

I am interested in how you get on with this. We were told by the estate agent that you have to have a bank account in Spain. However they are probably told to say this to potential buyers. They all seem to be so greedy!

Same here. Was hoping to be able to use something like my Starling Euro account

You can use your Starling Euro account as it provides an IBAN number. I have this too.

None of the utility companies asked any questions when I gave them my IBAN for my Transferwise account for future direct debits and their account is based in Belgium.

Thanks,im I understand how the starling account works but we live in Ireland and have a euro bank account so should be enough.Im just getting annoyed with the banks system,being railroaded into takin the only account they'll offer us with €14 a month charges😕

Im working on a workaround,so ill definitely.update thread with info,tnx

The Starling account is excellent but in your case not strictly necessary to pay direct debits as you already have a Euro account.

Yes you can use your Irish euro bank account for payments and direct debits in Spain. I do this for all my payments in Spain. All eurozone countries are part of SEPA (Single European Payment Area) and are required to accept euro denominated accounts in one another’s countries. Sometimes in a country you may face institutions that initially refuse but accept once you ask them to check. However, in Spain I didn’t face any issues or queries.