[ILUG] OT: .IE domain name registration.

[Niall O Broin]

On 4 Feb 2006, at 09:10, Bernard-Joseph Roche wrote:

> I apologise for the off topic nature of the question but I know some
> people who work or have business in this area are on this list.
>
> Q:
> A registered charity would like a .ie domain name. The Irish domain
> registry says that domain names are free for registered charities
> (http://www.domainregistry.ie/RegFees.php). Assuming all proper
> documentation for the registration, does registration automatically
> include a forwarding service? Or should I expect to have to pay for
> this? Why? Well, the goal is to have the following:
>
> www.mysamplecharity.ie and www.mysamplecharity.com
>
> We would like www.mysamplecharity.ie to automatically re-direct to
> www.mysamplecharity.com.

IEDR provides free domain registration for charities. I doubt that they 
provide anything else. However, they do recommend applying through any 
of a number of resellers (http://www.domainregistry.ie/CharityRegs.php) 
who have also agreed to act pro bono for charities, so I imagine that 
some of these resellers will also provide the charity with DNS service 
FOC. If not, search google for "free DNS" - there's a large number of 
such providers out there.


Niall