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Standard Sub Domains immediately before the .ccTLD
none |
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Private Customers allowed?
yes |
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Domains per applicant
unlimited |
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Approximate Processing time
3-5 weekdays |
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Preconditions Summary
Restricted. Only Irish Companies can register |
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Additional Information |
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Paper application Required?
YES (Supporting documentation needs to be in paper) |
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Automat. Protocol?
Online Application System |
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Trade Mark Particular Process?
All applicants applying for a .ie domain name who are not situated in the 32 Irish counties, must demonstrate a Real and Substantive Connection with Ireland (with the exception of those applying with a registered Community Trademark) |
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Semantic Control?
company name of applicant, trademarks, XXNN.ie for private domains (where XX are the person's initials and NN are two numbers). Any other name upon request, but no geographic or generic names. |
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Minimum Length of domain name
2 (Not both can be leters) |
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Maximum Length of domain name
63 |
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Registration through Registrars Available
YES |
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Direct Registration Available
YES |
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Summary |
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The Irish .ie ccTLD registry agency is since the year 2000 the IEDR, a not-for-profit Internet Domain Name Registry that acts as trustee for .ie Domain Names on behalf of the Internet community. It continues the operation of the Telecommunication Administration Centre, which was established in 1988. The .ie ccTLD is highly restricted. Applicants must have “fundamental solidarity” to Ireland. The following verifications are conducted at the time of registration: for companies: registration or trademark in Ireland; For private persons: Irish pass or certificate of birth. Today, there are about 44,000 registered domain names under the Top Level Domain .ie, and the growth rate is of 954,66 new domain names per month (based on the 2004 monthly average newly registered names). The ccTLD .ie was established by the Internic on January the 27th 1988 and was first managed by the University College Dublin Computing Services.
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Registration Highlights |
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• Only Irish Companies can Register
• Restricted choice of names for individuals
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