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Irish Government Opens Consultation on .ie Country Code Domain

December 18, 2024 by Michele Neylon

The Irish government has opened a very broad ranging consultation on the .ie country code domain and its future. The consultation will be open to the public from now until 14th February 2025. The consultation document runs to 17 pages, so while it's quite long, it's not as long as it could be! The Government has some clear expectations about what it expects from the … [Read more...] about Irish Government Opens Consultation on .ie Country Code Domain

Host.ie Novara.ie and Digihost Go AWOL

October 13, 2021 by Michele Neylon

Earlier today one of Ireland's oldest hosting providers seems to have gone completely offline. The company in question is Host.ie, which is also known as Novara or Digihost. Over the better part of 20 years the provider has changed hands a couple of times, as well as its name. These days it's known as "Hostopia Ireland", after the company was acquired by American provider … [Read more...] about Host.ie Novara.ie and Digihost Go AWOL

IE Domain Registry Hiring

December 2, 2020 by Michele Neylon

The .ie ccTLD registry aka IEDR are hiring. (They've recently rebranded to ".ie" and changed their domain over to weare.ie from iedr.ie but I honestly can't see that sticking with a lot of us, without even considering the SEO implications etc.,) They've got an opening in their team for a "Policy and Compliance Officer", which would combine dealing with policy issues as well … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registry Hiring

IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically

July 9, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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While the economy might be suffering many of the domain name registries have been reporting their statistics for the second quarter of 2020 and most have seen increases in registrations. The move to online, as has been noted just about everywhere, has been much bigger than anyone could have predicted. Domain name registrations are always going to be a mixed bag, so while … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically

Irish Broadband Usage Increases

June 11, 2020 by Michele Neylon

The latest report from the Irish Communications regulator (Comreg) includes a nice little graphic that sums up the highlights of their latest report on the Irish market: The report is for Q1 2020, so it only captures part of Ireland's "lockdown" which many people and companies started doing voluntarily from around the 12th of March 2020. Even without the data for the … [Read more...] about Irish Broadband Usage Increases

IEDR Withdrawing From Direct Registration Market

February 11, 2020 by Michele Neylon

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The IEDR, who run the .ie country code top level domain name, are withdrawing from the "direct" market. From 31st March of this year onwards they will no longer offer people or organisations the ability to register domain names directly with them. Most domain name registries do not offer direct sales but operate via a "3 R"" model, namely "Registry", "Registrar" and … [Read more...] about IEDR Withdrawing From Direct Registration Market

IE ccTLD Publishes 2019 Digital Health Index

November 19, 2019 by Michele Neylon

IEDR, which is the company that runs the .ie ccTLD for Ireland, has published the 2019 version of their "Digital Health Index". The report, in simple terms, looks at how Irish small businesses view and use "digital". That covers things like whether they have a website, if they sell online or if they have active social media accounts. The full report (PDF), which runs to … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Publishes 2019 Digital Health Index

Domain Scam Targetting Irish Small Business

November 13, 2019 by Michele Neylon

There are always a few scams out there that are aimed at small businesses. Many of them are for "SEO" services where they promise "incredible" results. It's a very good use of the word "incredible" as the claims are completely lacking in credibility. In the domain name world there have been a variety of scams doing the rounds for years. Remember Domain Registry of America … [Read more...] about Domain Scam Targetting Irish Small Business

INEX Announces New CEO

July 1, 2019 by Michele Neylon

INEX, the Irish IXP, has announced the appointment of a new CEO. The new CEO is Mr Colin Dalton. Dalton has been involved in the Irish telecoms industry for the last 20 years, having held multiple roles with Eir, previously known as Eircom. Dalton previously served on the board of INEX where he was Chair. … [Read more...] about INEX Announces New CEO

IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks

November 29, 2018 by Michele Neylon

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 then the registration or change would be … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks

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