About .ie

.ie is passionate about enabling and empowering Ireland to leverage the Internet for the good of its society and economy. As the trusted national registry for over 330,000 domain names, .ie protects Ireland’s unique online identity and empowers people, communities and businesses connected with Ireland to thrive and prosper online.

A positive driving force in Ireland’s digital economy, .ie serves as a profit for good organisation with a mission to elevate Ireland’s digital identity by providing the Irish online community with a trusted, resilient and accessible .ie internet domain.

Working with strategic partners, .ie promotes and invests in digital adoption and advocacy initiatives. We provide data analytics and dashboards built by the .ie Xavier team to help with data-led decision-making for the public, registrars and policymakers.

The organisation is designated as an Operator of Essential Services (OES) under the EU Cyber directive, and we fulfil a pivotal role in maintaining the security and reliability of part of Ireland’s digital infrastructure.

Team photo of .ie. .ie is passionate about enabling and empowering Ireland to leverage the Internet for the good of its society and economy. As the trusted national registry for over 330,000 domain names, .ie protects Ireland’s unique online identity and empowers people, communities and businesses connected with Ireland to thrive and prosper online. A positive driving force in Ireland’s digital economy, .ie serves as a profit for good organisation with a mission to elevate Ireland’s digital identity by providing the Irish online community with a trusted, resilient and accessible .ie internet domain.
In this video, we break down the technical side of the .ie domain and explore its vital role in Ireland’s internet ecosystem. Hear from experts inside and outside .ie as they explain how registrations works, where .ie fits into the overall internet structure, and what’s being done to keep Ireland’s online space safe and secure.
Our Story

Find out who we are and what we do by watching our digital storytelling video series: "Ireland's Digital Pulse"

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Meet Our Board & Team

We are a dedicated team of approx 27 professionals spread across registration services, tech services, finance, business development, business intelligence and marketing.

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Ireland’s Digital Readiness Monitor, created by .ie (the trusted national registry for over 330,000 domain names), in co-operation with the Irish Institute of Digital Business, Dublin City University, together with the JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics at the University of Galway, provides an analysis of Ireland’s progress on digitalisation. This report uses a website and associated technologies as a proxy for an organisation’s degree of digital development. The report introduces a new national measure of digital readiness – the Web Technology Intensity Score – comprising 11 signal categories, that presents a more holistic view of digital readiness for the entire country of Ireland in the years 2021 and 2022.
Policies

We have adopted a range of policies and rules relevant to Registrants, Registrars, or interested third parties. All .ie domain registrations must adhere to our specific naming and registration policie

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History

Over the last 25 years, .ie has led the advancement of Ireland’s internet ecosystem. Scroll through our highlights from the last 25 years.

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Annual Reports

Each year we publish our Annual Report & Review which takes an in-depth look at our company, our activities and our industry.

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Careers at .ie

We are recruiting. Develop your skills, support mission-critical services of the national registry and be part of a high-performing team.

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Guaranteed Irish

We are proud to carry the Guaranteed Irish symbol which is awarded to companies which provide quality jobs, support local communities and are committed to Irish provenance.

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The KeepWell Mark

We are delighted to have earned the The KeepWell Mark, an Ibec initiative. This is an evidence-based accreditation that recognises and celebrates companies that put the wellbeing of their team at the forefront of company policy.

.IE is accredited in workplace wellbeing - The KeepWell Mark

Accessiblity Statement

.ie is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with  European Union (Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services) Regulations 2023.

This accessibility statement applies to https://www.weare.ie/

*It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549 v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 level AA.

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

.ie is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability.

We are currently working with Vially and Vision Ireland to ensure we meet accessibility standards. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and adhering to the required accessibility standards.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

The statement is based on an automated accessibility test carried out by Vially Insight

A detailed issue log was created to measure against WCAG 2.1 standards. These issues were presented to the development team who are amending these issues and bringing the website in to WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.

This statement was created by Vially in August 2025.

The statement was last reviewed in August 2025.

Feedback and Contact Information

We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website. If you have any comments or find any problems not listed on this page, please contact marketing@weare.ie

Technical specifications

The accessibility of this website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Non-accessible Content

Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of this website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix.

Below is a description of known limitations encountered on weare.ie from the automated audit.

Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

  • This image must have an alt attribute
  • Element not found or not visible when changing orientation to landscape.
  • Element has low colour contrast when it’s hovered over.
  • Line height (line spacing) should be at least 1.5 times the font size.
  • Spacing following paragraphs should be at least 2 times the font size.
  • Word spacing should be at least 0.16 times the font size.
  • Letter spacing (tracking) should be at least 0.12 times the font size.
  • Element not accessible through the keyboard
  • New element was injected by js or css.
  • This element’s focus indicator has been set to none or the border colour is transparent. Focus must be visible.
  • Interactive element lacks a name / role.
  • Potential status message lacks necessary ARIA attributes for programmatic determination.
  • Input element lacks a descriptive label or instructions.
  • A ‘lang’ attribute is missing from the main source code. The ‘lang’ attribute is crucial for identifying the language of a website.
  • Input element lacks a descriptive label or instructions.
  • Content requires two-dimensional scrolling at 320 CSS pixels width.

WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Auditing Service

If you would like your website, application or digital documents reviewed and tested against the WCAG 2.1 standards, please contact the Vially team at hello@vially.io.

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