.IE

.IE is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ireland. As of 2000, the business of administrating the domain registry is handled by IE Domain Registry Limited. Domain name registration is open to individuals located in, or with a significant connection with, any part of the island of Ireland.

Introduced	1988
Country	Ireland
Registry	IE Domain Registry (IEDR)
IDN Capable	No
Webpage	Register .IE

Registry

TLD	-
Allowed TLDs	-
Registry	.IE Domain Registry
Dispute Policy	Rules
Registrar	1api GmbH
WHOIS-Server	whois.domainregistry.ie
WHOIS-Update	Non Real-Time
Min. Characters	1
Max. Characters	63
Character Set	Letters and numbers Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD IDN: not allowed
Limitations	Registrant Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Admin Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 2 Tech Contacts: Required: 1 / Maximum: 1 Billing Contacts: Required: 0 / Maximum: 1
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IDN capable	YES
Restore capable	Real-Time
Handle Updates	Unsupported
Registration System	Real-Time
Allowed number of NS	2 to 13
Host IP-Addresses Type	IPv4
Hosts managed as	Object
SEC DNS Interface	not available
Transferclass	Pull
Transfer Periods	1Y
Transfer Authcode required	Yes
Transfer Real-Time	No
Transfer Pending Period	5 days
Transfer Expire Action	ACK
Transfer ACK by	Registry
Transfer NACK by	Registry
Transfer Lock	Yes
Owner Change by	Trade
Trade Real-Time	No
Trade Periods	0
Transfer included	No
Trade ACK by	Registry
Trade NACK by	Registry

Periods

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Registration Periods	1-10 years
Add Grace Period	0 days
Accounting Period	0 days
Finalization Period	44 days
Failure Period	44 days
Payment Period	-61 days
Deletion Restorable Period	30 days
Deletion Hold Period	5 days
Explicit Renewals	Yes
Renewal Periods	1-9 years

API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered in Real-Time with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

X-IE-CONTACT-TYPE = (TEXT)

OPTIONAL

auth = (TEXT) | (NULL)
period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)

X-DISCLOSE = 0 | 1
X-IE-CRO-NUMBER = (TEXT)
X-IE-SUPPORT-NUMBER = (TEXT)
X-REGISTRANT-VATID
X-REGISTRANT-IDNUMBER

Example:

command = AddDomain
domain  = domain.ie
ownercontact0 = P-ABC123
admincontact0 = P-ABC123
techcontact0 = P-ABC123
billingcontact0 = P-ABC123
nameserver0 = ns0.nameserver.ie
nameserver1 = ns1.nameserver.ie
X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS = Company

X-IE-REGISTRANT-REMARKS = TRADE MARK: 1234567
or
X-REGISTRANT-VATID = IE 1234567AB
or
X-REGISTRANT-IDNUMBER = 1234567
X-IE-CONTACT-TYPE = OTH
X-IE-SUPPORT-NUMBER = DE1234567
X-IE-CRO-NUMBER = 100171

Further information can be found at TLD specific

Domain Transfer

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
auth = (AUTH)

Further information can be found at TLD specific

Delete Domain

Domain deletions are not possible for .IE domains. Please set the domain mode to Expire, and it will be removed from the account once it has passed the renewal period.

Restore Domain

Restores can be processed in realtime. A restore is possible within 30 days upon deletion. Please use the command RestoreDomain.

Ownerchange

In order to change the owner you have to request a trade with the TradeDomain command. This can be done through our web interface or through our API:

command = TradeDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)

Further information can be found at TLD specific

TLD specific

Registration

Necessary documents required in case of registration can be found at [1].

In order to complete a registration for a .IE domain you will have to upload the necessary documents at [2] and provide the "Ticket ID" and Email address. The "Ticket ID" is returned with a pending create event and can be found with the response of a statusDomain command as PROPERTY[X-IE-TICKET-ID][0]. Supported file types are .pdf, .tif, .tiff, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .bmp, .doc, .docx, and .odt.

Despite, that there exist 8 cases for the document-requirements, there are only three (3) values for X-IE-CONTACT-TYPE.

Company -> COM (requires X-IE-CRO-NUMBER in addition)

Charity -> CHA (requires X-IE-SUPPORT-NUMBER in addition)

Everything else -> OTH (can use X-IE-SUPPORT-NUMBER in addition)

There is also an option for an Express Registration Process:

Auto-validation – Returning Customer We have an express registration process for returning customers that already hold a .ie domain. A request to register an additional .ie domain will be automatically approved, if the request includes either the existing Registrant Contact ID, or the same Registrant name, email address and registrant type as used on the existing registration.

Auto-validation – Company We have an express registration process for Irish companies that have an active CRO number. When applying for a .ie domain, the Company application type just needs to be selected, the CRO number entered into the appropriate field, and the Registrant name entered correctly.

Ownerchange

Necessary documents required in case of ownerchange:

A signed document on headed paper from the current Administrative Contact (domain holder). This letter must state that they authorise the cancellation of the domain name in order to reassign the domain to the future domain owner.

Information from the future domain owner showing their claim on the proposed name as per the IEDR’s registration policies.

The future owner must also provide their contact details to be updated as the Administrative Contact.

In order to complete an ownerchange for a .IE domain you will have to send the necessary documents to the registry.
Supported file types are .pdf, .tif, .tiff, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .bmp, .doc, .docx, and .odt.

X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS

Simplified registration process

IEDR has simplify the registration process starting on 2017-11-04.

Formerly a valid combination of X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS and X-IE-REGISTRANT-CATEGORY had to be provided. Now only a simplified X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS has to be given.

This can be one of

X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS
Company
Business Owner
Club/Band/Local Group
School/College
State Agency
Charity
Blogger/Other

Outdated: X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS AND X-IE-REGISTRANT-CATEGORY

Valid values and possible combinations:

X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS	X-IE-REGISTRANT-CATEGORY
Body Corporate (Ltd,PLC,Company)	Corporate Name Discretionary Name Publication Name Registered Business Name Registered Trade Mark Name
Constitutional Body	Discretionary Name Publication Name Registered Trade Mark Name State Agency Name
Discretionary Applicant	Discretionary Name
Natural Person	Discretionary Name Personal Name Politician's Name Registered Trade Mark Name
School/Educational Institution	Discretionary Name Publication Name Registered Trade Mark Name School/Educational Institution Name
Sole Trader	Discretionary Name Personal Trading Name Publication Name Registered Business Name Registered Trade Mark Name
Statutory Body	Discretionary Name Publication Name Registered Trade Mark Name State Agency Name
Unincorporated Association	Discretionary Name Publication Name Registered Business Name Registered Trade Mark Name Unincorporated Association Name

TLD specific for Northern Ireland, Ireland, United Kingdom and USA

For both, Ownerchange and Registration, all Contacts must contain the state information, if the address is located in IE, US or UK, as follows:

Northern Ireland

REQUIRED

Co. Antrim
Co. Armagh
Co. Derry
Co. Down
Co. Fermanagh
Co. Tyrone

Ireland

REQUIRED

Co. Carlow
Co. Cavan
Co. Clare
Co. Cork
Co. Donegal
Co. Dublin
Co. Galway
Co. Kerry
Co. Kildare
Co. Kilkenny
Co. Laois
Co. Leitrim
Co. Limerick
Co. Longford
Co. Louth
Co. Mayo
Co. Meath
Co. Monaghan
Co. Offaly
Co. Roscommon
Co. Sligo
Co. Tipperary
Co. Waterford
Co. Westmeath
Co. Wexford
Co. Wicklow

United Kingdom

REQUIRED

Alderney
Avon
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Borders
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Central
Cheshire
Cleveland
Clwyd
Cornwall
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Dumfries & Galloway
Durham
Dyfed
East Sussex
Essex
Fife
Gloucestershire
Grampian
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Guernsey
Gwent
Gwynedd
Hampshire
Hereford & Worcester
Hertfordshire
Highland
Humberside
Isle Of Man
Isle of Wight
Jersey
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Lothian
Merseyside
Mid Glamorgan
Middlesex
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Orkney
Oxfordshire
Powys
Scotland
Shetland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Glamorgan
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Strathclyde
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Tayside
Tyne & Wear
Wales
Warwickshire
West Glamorgan
West Lothian
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Western Isles
Wiltshire

USA

REQUIRED

Alabama (AL)
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA)
Colorado (CO)
Connecticut (CT)
Delaware (DE)
District of Columbia (DC)
Florida (FL)
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland (MD)
Massachusetts (MA)
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)
Mississippi (MS)
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT)
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY)
North Carolina (NC)
North Dakota (ND)
Ohio (OH)
Oklahoma (OK)
Oregon (OR)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC)
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)
Texas (TX)
Utah (UT)
Vermont	(VT)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)

RegistrarOC

Restore Process

To restore a domain as a RegistrarOC customer, you simply have to execute the RestoreDomain command. HEXONET directly forwards the restore request to the registry, which performs the restore in real-time. As soon as the restore is complete, the domain will get assigned to your account with the original domain data.

Please do not initiate a restore directly at the registry (e.g. using the registrar webinterface). All restore operations must be performed through our system.