Fora, which is run by the same people as “The Journal“, published a piece over the weekend on Irish companies and domains. It’s not often that the Irish media, either online or offline, covers domains, so it’s worth a quick read. The piece talks about how the guy behind IT.ie paid over €10k to acquire the domain… Continue reading Irish Media Covers Domain Sales
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IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains
IEDR has launched a public consultation on the introduction of IDN domains in the .ie name space. The consultation period runs from February 21st, 2016, until March 21st, 2016. Up until now only Latin characters have been permitted in .ie domain names, even though one of Ireland’s official languages is Irish (gaelic) which uses accented characters.… Continue reading IEDR Opens Public Consultation On IDN Domains
IEDR Issue 2015 Domain Registration Figures
The IEDR have issued details of the 2015 domain name registrations. Overall the .ie namespace has grown. As with previous years the more densely populated areas of Dublin, Cork and Galway accounted for a higher number of domains than other parts of the country. Here’s the full release: Almost 100 .ie domains registered every… Continue reading IEDR Issue 2015 Domain Registration Figures
IEDR Hire New Staff
IEDR have announced via an email to their registrars two new hires: Customer Operations Manager Financial Controller The roles were previously held by one person, Angela Butler, who not only ran both areas of the IEDR’s business, but also acted as the organisation’s number 2. Ms Butler announced her departure from IEDR a couple of… Continue reading IEDR Hire New Staff
IEDR Open Public Consultation on Release of Two Letter IE Domains
The IEDR has opened a public consultation on the release of two letter .ie domain names. The consultation will run for 30 days from today. The proposed policies covering the release are outlined in a paper published by IEDR: [spiderpowa-pdf src=”https://www.internetnews.me/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/PAC-Public-Consultation-Document-v3.pdf”]PAC Public Consultation Document Disclosure: I am one of the registrar representatives on the IEDR’s… Continue reading IEDR Open Public Consultation on Release of Two Letter IE Domains
IEDR Data Dump
As regular readers probably know, I run Blacknight. Blacknight is Ireland’s largest hosting provider and domain name registrar. We’re also the only Irish company to ever have been accredited with ICANN. And we’re the single largest registrar of .ie domain names on the planet. If you peruse the archives here and on my personal blog… Continue reading IEDR Data Dump
Blacknight Offer Deep Discount On .Cat Domains
Irish registrar and hosting provider Blacknight (disclosure – I own the company) is offering 1 year .cat domain name registration for a mere €9.99 Full details here
IEDR Release Annual Report
The IEDR, the operator of the .ie ccTLD registry, have released their annual report for 2009. The document, which obviously cost quite a bit to design, covers various aspects of the organisation’s activities and is not limited to the domain registrations. In common with quite a few ccTLD operators IEDR is also involved in ENUM,… Continue reading IEDR Release Annual Report
IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
So what does a ccTLD operator do when they’re worried about cashflow? They go off and spend thousands on a glossy annual report obviously! The IEDR’s annual report and review for 2008 is the glossiest one they’ve produced to date. As usual it contains plenty of fluff while ignoring anything of substance. In the Chairman’s… Continue reading IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
DotMobi CEO Shortlisted For Award
Trey Harvin, CEO of dotMobi, has been shortlisted for the Mobile Internet Innovation award in this year’s Irish Internet Association Net Visionary awards. DotMobi has been promoting their Instant Mobilizer service to website / domain owners to encourage them to make their websites “mobile friendly”. Public voting is currently open, so why not cast your… Continue reading DotMobi CEO Shortlisted For Award