By your logic then an internationally trading company would have to setup offices in Ireland in order to get an IE domain.

You don't need to prove anything to get a .co.uk domain, so I don't really understand what your point is


In most cases pricing displayed in Euro on sites, such as Amazon UK, are clearly marked as indicative. It doesn't take much to check the actual exchange rates via xe.com
I suppose the real issue here is that the UK is still using Sterling and has refused to use Euro

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Isn't that the way it should work?

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In a word - no

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I don't mean offices, but at least have the company name registered in Ireland.

You wouldn't like to register a company name here and find out that your domain name .ie is used and owned by somebody from outside Ireland.

What can you do then? Do you have a rights about it?

What other alternatives are there to a .ie which will indicate your Country of origin or place of business?

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Why? That's an incredible burden to place on a business.

A lot of the international companies we register IE domains for would hold trademarks as well.
It's called brand protection

If you are dumb enough to register a business name that is similar to an existing well known brand then what do you expect?

Why would you have any rights in that instance?

If company X is registered in the UK in 1990 and is trading with Ireland it can register companyx.ie or a derivative thereof.

If in 2006 someone in Ireland decides to setup Company X with the Irish companies' office then they have zero right over the domain

It would be a wholly different matter if the domain were registered in bad faith or were to breach trademark

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There are a couple of companies offering third level domains based off IE (pro.ie and ltd.ie) and another one that has been pushing a third level off a .com - If I can find a link to them I'll post it

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How many people/business realistically want a third level domain name. As people try to get more form their site these days they use sub-domains to augment the SDL (second level domain). The most popular third level domains are links.domain.ie or support.domain.ie. Most hosting providers have an easy to use “add sub-domain” feature, so turning it to a forth level wouldn’t really be an option.


I can see the use for offering a third level domain, but it would only be useful if they gave it away free.

For commercial use they would have to incorporate some kind of control panel to have DNS editing facility for the third level domain, would either pro.ie or ltd.ie have this facility and then give subsequent rights to forth level domains created from the third level one.

Also if I had let’s say for example www.porn.pro.ie and forwarded the name to a hosting option in Holland, what would be the implication for the owner of www.pro.ie with the IEDR.

But why do you need an alternative? getting a .IE domain is simple.

- Download the RBN1 Form (http://www.cro.ie/template_form_deta...el4=0&Level5=0)
- Fill it out and walk into the CRO office (Parnell Square, Dublin)
- Pay 40 euros and you're done

Alternatively, you can register online (you only need your PPS no.), fill out the form, print it, sign it and send it in with a payment of 20 euros.

And then register the company name as a domain.

Done... It couldn't be easier... Well, it could, but then we'd have the same kind of problems that .com's have

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pro.ie uses a frame redirect at present. I'm not sure what way ltd.ie is setup

That would probably depend on whether there were complaints regarding the use of the sub-domain. In either case removing an A record is not that complicated

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