6. Domain registrations

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Domain registrations. Source: Domain Registry of Ireland

The number of .ie domains is nudging towards 60,000, more than three times what it was at the height of the dotcom boom in the late 1990s.

At the end of April, the Domain Registry of Ireland (IEDR) showed 59,929 registrations and new additions of 1,000-plus per month since the start of the year.

As for .eu domains, Irish people joined in the rush and interest was strong, despite the well-documented bureaucracy. By mid-May, 23,996 .eu domains been registered by Irish entities from a total of 1.78 million .eu registrations.

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