Who are the IEDR?

Who are the IEDR?

• The IEDR's originated in UCD but since July 2000 it has been a private company, limited by guarantee.

• It has no shareholders, the company is owned by its members who are the directors. Surpluses are not distributed, they are added to opening reserves. Directors as per the company's constitution do not have a “beneficial interest“ in the reserves of the company.

• Only the IEDR can administer .ie domain names- which it does as a public service - but it is not a monopoly in the sense that anybody in Ireland, or elsewhere, can register domains from a choice of approximately 250 different national and generic TLD names.

• The IEDR liaises as required with national and international governments, governing bodies, trade associations and abides by Internet best practice principles while still operating as an independent private company.