The IEDR’s Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) was setup back in 2015. It’s made up of representatives from the registrar channel and various stakeholder groups of Irish business and society including the Irish Internet Association, The ISP Association of Ireland, The Irish Computer Society, the Irish government and others. (See PDF) For the registrars there are… Continue reading IEDR Policy Advisory Committee Election Results
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A Detailed IE Domain Dispute Decision
Reading domain dispute decisions is a rather odd way to spend your day, but I’ll admit that I do read quite a few of them. Why? Because it’s fascinating to see why and how people win or lose these disputes. The .ie ccTLD traditionally has had a very low volume of complaints, with it being… Continue reading A Detailed IE Domain Dispute Decision
IE Domain Volumes Soar 30% in 2018
2018 was a good year for .ie domain registrations. According to the latest report from the IEDR IE domain volumes were up nearly 30% during 2018. Here are a few key takeaways from the latest report: 51,040 new .ie domains registered in 2018, up +29% on 2017 total .ie database increased to 262,140, up +10%… Continue reading IE Domain Volumes Soar 30% in 2018
Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections
The .ie ccTLD has had a formal policy development process for the past few years. There’s now a fairly clear process that can be followed to either modify existing policy or to introduce new ones. You can read more about the policy development process IEDR follows here. One of the important parts of the entire… Continue reading Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections
IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks
The .ie ccTLD had finally removed DNS checks from its processes. Up until the change, which came last night, any new registrations, transfers or other updates would be delayed until the DNS delegation had been checked. What that meant in reality is that if a domain’s delegated nameservers were not 100% compliant with the RFCs… Continue reading IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks
IE ccTLD Removes “Claims” Policy and Liberalises
The .ie ccTLD has changed its registration policies effective yesterday March 21st 2018. From yesterday registrants will only need to provide a “connection” to Ireland and, depending on whether they’re a business or an individual, proof of identity. They’ve also added a more streamlined registration process for existing registrants, as they’ll already have been “validated”… Continue reading IE ccTLD Removes “Claims” Policy and Liberalises
IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date
The .ie ccTLD, which is the country code domain name for Ireland has long had very restrictive policies governing registration. Even if you were Irish or had a business based in Ireland registering a domain name in the local country code extension wasn’t straightforward – at least not compared to the ease with which you… Continue reading IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date
IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
Last year the .ie ccTLD opened a consultation process around “liberalisation”. As anyone who has tried to register a .ie domain name would know, compared to registering a .com or .eu the amount of paperwork and general bureaucracy associated with a .ie domain name has always been excessive. The consultation showed that there was strong… Continue reading IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
IEDR Opens Consultation on Removing DNS Checks
The IEDR has opened a consultation on removing DNS checks during registrations, transfers and other operations. At the moment when a .ie domain name registration is requested the IEDR will check if it passes the policy requirements and then does a technical check. If it fails the technical check the registration can fail. The same… Continue reading IEDR Opens Consultation on Removing DNS Checks
Irish ccTLD Opens Consultation on Liberalisation
The Irish ccTLD (.ie) currently has some rather archaic and subjective policies that are hard to understand for many. Under a new policy proposal which is currently open for public consultation this could all change quite dramatically. What is being proposed is to radically reduce the requirements for IE domain name registrations to one basic… Continue reading Irish ccTLD Opens Consultation on Liberalisation