<s>
.ie	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domain	I-Application
(	O
ccTLD	B-Application
)	O
which	O
corresponds	O
with	O
the	O
ISO	B-Language
3166-1	I-Language
alpha-2	I-Language
code	O
for	O
Ireland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
Assigned	O
Numbers	O
Authority	O
(	O
IANA	O
)	O
list	O
the	O
Computing	O
Services	O
Computer	O
Centre	O
of	O
University	O
College	O
Dublin	O
as	O
its	O
sponsoring	O
organisation	O
for	O
the	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
.ie	B-General_Concept
was	O
registered	O
on	O
27	O
January	O
1988	O
and	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
the	O
registration	O
of	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
was	O
delegated	O
by	O
Jon	O
Postel	O
to	O
the	O
Computing	O
Services	O
Computer	O
Centre	O
of	O
University	O
College	O
Dublin	O
,	O
then	O
headed	O
by	O
Dennis	O
Jennings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
administration	O
of	O
the	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
was	O
sub-delegated	O
by	O
UCD	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
IE	O
Domain	O
Registry	O
Limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Computing	O
Services	O
Computer	O
Centre	O
of	O
University	O
College	O
Dublin	O
remains	O
the	O
Internet	O
Assigned	O
Numbers	O
Authority	O
's	O
sponsoring	O
organisation	O
for	O
the	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
Oireachtas	O
(	O
bicameral	O
parliament	O
of	O
Ireland	O
)	O
enacted	O
a	O
law	O
giving	O
the	O
Minister	O
for	O
Public	O
Enterprise	O
the	O
power	O
to	O
make	O
regulations	O
regarding	O
the	O
registration	O
of	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
ccTLD	B-Application
is	O
primarily	O
a	O
business	O
orientated	O
ccTLD	B-Application
for	O
Irish	O
businesses	O
and	O
businesses	O
doing	O
business	O
in	O
or	O
with	O
Ireland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
allowed	O
personal	O
domain	O
name	O
(	O
PDN	O
)	O
registrations	O
though	O
these	O
would	O
only	O
account	O
for	O
approximately	O
1%	O
of	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
registrations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
ccTLD	B-Application
is	O
a	O
managed	O
ccTLD	B-Application
where	O
applicants	O
for	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
have	O
to	O
provide	O
proof	O
of	O
entitlement	O
to	O
the	O
domain	O
that	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
register	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
American	O
singer	O
Melanie	O
was	O
not	O
allowed	O
to	O
register	O
Melan.ie	O
;	O
whereas	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
corporate	O
presence	O
in	O
Ireland	O
,	O
was	O
allowed	O
to	O
register	O
Modern.IE	O
,	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
hack	I-Application
whose	O
full	O
name	O
reflects	O
its	O
purpose	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
IE	O
(	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
IEDR	O
began	O
a	O
consultation	O
on	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
internationalized	B-Language
domain	I-Language
names	I-Language
,	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
vowel	O
+	O
"	O
fada	O
"	O
characters	O
( á	O
é	O
í	O
ó	O
ú	O
)	O
used	O
in	O
Irish	O
orthography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
typical	O
registration	O
fee	O
via	O
accredited	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
registrars	O
is	O
approximately	O
€25	O
(	O
plus	O
VAT	O
of	O
€5.75	O
)	O
..	O
</s>
<s>
Nevertheless	O
,	O
the	O
Government	O
of	O
Ireland	O
began	O
using	O
the	O
.gov.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
where	O
once	O
it	O
used	O
irlgov.ie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
exceptions	O
to	O
the	O
old	O
two	O
letter	O
rule	O
were	O
ul.ie,	O
which	O
was	O
registered	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Limerick	O
before	O
the	O
rule	O
came	O
into	O
effect	O
,	O
and	O
ns.ie,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
name	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domains	O
in	O
the	O
forbidden	O
category	O
will	O
return	O
a	O
record	O
for	O
a	O
WHOIS	B-Protocol
query	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
in	O
the	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
zone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
31	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
330,000	O
registered	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Approximately	O
140	O
new	O
.ie	B-General_Concept
domains	O
are	O
registered	O
each	O
working	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
