Thanks Media Boy, that's what I thought however on the SKY website at the bottom they state ITV1 HD, ITV2 HD, ITV3 HD, ITV4 HD are only available in England and Wales.
http://www.sky.com/shop/high-definit...e/hd-channels/
I was just wondering if Virgin were going to be landed with the same deal when negotiating with ITV for the channels however if SKY do carry them in Scotland and Ireland, then there shouldn't be any problems for Virgin trying to land them.