Welcome to the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) Website

.ie says you’re Irish. .ie is a local Internet address for local businesses, local government and local services.

The IEDR is the registry for .ie Internet Domain Names and maintains the database of .ie registered Internet names.

The IEDR is an independent not-for-profit organisation that manages the .ie country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) namespace in the public interest of the Irish and global Internet communities.The IE Domain Registry Limited is not a governing or regulatory body, but provides a public service for the .ie namespace on behalf of the Internet community, and is defined as a public company under the Irish Companies Acts.

• For additional information on the Domain Name Market please see our Domain Name Industry Report 2010.

• To view our Annual Reports and Reviews please click here. Details of our Board of Directors can also be found in the reports.

Register Your .ie Domain

The IEDR strongly recommends that you use an Accredited IE Registrar for your domain name application. Our Registrars provide competitive rates for registration and hosting services.

Please note that your Registrar is responsible for providing all the support you will need for your application. When you choose to apply through a listed IE Registrar, they will give you all the information and assistance you need in registering your domain name and are your primary point of contact for any queries relating to your domain.

If you are registering a .ie domain name for the first time and have questions about the process you can find your answers at www.why.ie. A full list of all of our Registrars can also be found there.

To check an existing .ie domain or to check for availability of a new .ie domain please access the.ie WHOIS service at the top of the right column on this page.