- Google.ie and Yahoo.ie unavailable after "unauthorised change" to nameservers Both google.ie and yahoo.ie became unavailable for a prolonged period this afternoon after an "unauthorised change" was made to the domains' nameservers.
- Number of .IE registrations continues to rise, now totaling more than 170,000 2011 was a stellar year for .IE domains as the IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the body charged with managing Ireland's official top-level domain (TLD), today reported that the total number of registered .IE domains grew by 12.9% in 2011, reaching 173,145 at year's end.
- IEDR announce names of ten Irish companies who will share €100,000 e-commerce fund The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has announced the names of ten Irish companies who will share its e-commerce website development fund of €100,000. The OPTIMISE fund will be shared equally among the ten recipients, each receiving €10,000 worth of technical and marketing expertise.
- Irish online yearly spend approaches €3 billion Irish consumers spent €2.96 billion online in 2010 according to research published earlier this week by Visa Europe. This represents an increase of 39% from 2009 figures, where an estimated €2.13 billion worth of purchases took place.
- IE Domain Registry launches €100,000 e-commerce development fund The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) has today launched a new e-commerce website development fund aimed at Irish small and medium enterprises (SMEs) called OPTIMISE. The fund is worth €100,000 in total and hopes to encourage Irish businesses to realise the potential of selling online.