.IE Domain Name Registrations Up 12% in 2012, Breach 175,000 Mark

A D · Apr 17, 2012

A rather small bit of domain news: registration of .ie domain names (ccTLD for Ireland) is up 12% in 2012 with 9,398 domains being registered in the first 3 months of this year alone. This brings up the total number of .ie registrations to 175,000, according to the IE Domain Registry. The adoption of .ie [...]

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Nomzo · Apr 17, 2012

Do we have any Irish domainers on DNF? How do you feel about the restrictions to register a .ie domain, good or bad thing?

I wanted to buy a hack for my girlfriend's personal email address but didn't want to jump through the loopholes.

sashas · Apr 17, 2012

Nomzo said:
Do we have any Irish domainers on DNF? How do you feel about the restrictions to register a .ie domain, good or bad thing?

I wanted to buy a hack for my girlfriend's personal email address but didn't want to jump through the loopholes.

Same here. I have a domain I've been wanting to register for some time for a personal blog, but can't justify going through all the loops to get it.