Who can register a .ie domain?
Registration starts at $16.72 and renewal at $22.29 a year.
Who may register
Registrant must demonstrate a real and substantive connection to Ireland.
What it costs
| Registration | $16.72 / year |
|---|---|
| Renewal | $22.29 / year |
| Transfer | $22.29 |
| Smallest possible first bill | $16.72 |
Standard price from Dynadot. Premium and reserved names return the same registry answer as an ordinary free one, so every quote here is a floor rather than a price.
Source
Read from the registry's own policy page: https://www.weare.ie/registration-and-naming-policy/. Read on 2026-07-29.
Is a .ie name free?
Availability comes from the registry itself over RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback where a registry publishes no RDAP service. A throttled or unreachable registry is reported as unconfirmed rather than available. It is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.
You can check from a terminal or from an assistant instead:
curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.ie