Leitrim records 4.8% growth in .ie websites

The .IE Domain Profile Report 2022 reveals there were almost 330,000 .ie domain names in the database by the end of last year with 48,168 new .ie domains registered in 2022.

Of those, 217 were registered in Leitrim signalling strong growth for digital enterprise across the Republic of Ireland. Notably, Leitrim recorded a growth of 4.8% in new .ie domain registrations versus pre pandemic levels of 2019.

.IE provides an additional layer of security to owners of a .ie domain name, free of charge. This service provides a constant scanning of .ie sites and involves instant notification to an SME’s hosting provider, who can help them take the corrective action once a scam has been detected. The report revealed over 500 cyber-attacks were taken down in 2022. Two in five were phishing scams and one in four were malware attacks.

The trustworthiness of a .ie domain is also internationally recognised by The SpamHaus Project, an international non-profit organisation that tracks spam and related cyber threats.

Mayo had the largest had the largest growth (+24.1%) for any county in Connacht, followed by Galway at 8.4% adding 2,303 new domains.

Along with added security, trust and higher search optimisation, there is also a wider choice of available .ie domain names compared to .com. One of the longest .ie websites in Leitrim is 37 characters long at sligoleitrimyouthparticipationtoolkit.ie while the shortest domain name is  two characters for w8.ie