‘Strong’ demand for dot.ie domains

THE number of dot.ie online registrations fell slightly, on a year-on-year basis, in the first half of the year, but a strong second quarter showed demand for domestic registrations remains strong.

Latest figures from the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) show that 19,099 registrations were logged during the first six months of this year, down by 0.13% on the 19,124 registrations made in the corresponding period last year.

However, this year’s first-half figures were heavily aided by a 1.1% year-on-year second quarter increase. Between April and June, a total of 9,448 dot.ie domains were registered, the best second quarter performance on record.