The Secure Domain For Apps is Here!
Over the past couple of years hundreds of new domain name extensions have been made available to businesses and individuals ...
May Bank Holiday Opening Hours 2018
It's May the Fourth today - so we shout out to Star Wars fans! This year, it coincides with the May ...
Blacknight sponsors Carlow Arts Festival 2018! [Video]
At Blacknight we're all about taking care of business, but everybody needs a break. That's why we sponsor events that ...
Got a Co.uk Domain? Nominet Plans Changes to Whois and Policies for GDPR
The co.uk domain name registry Nominet recently held a public consultation on how they were planning on dealing with GDPR. ...
Upcoming Changes to IE Domain Whois and Related Policies for GDPR
As you probably know by now the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters into force on May 25th. In light ...
We’re at Dublin Tech Summit with EU Domain Names for €1.99*!
Dublin Tech Summit gets underway today at the Convention Centre Dublin, and Blacknight is there with EURid, the EU domain ...
Talking Cybercrime at Baltic Domain Days Riga
This week I'll be heading over to Riga in Latvia to attend and speak at the first edition of the ...
Game Over for Public Whois? Article 29 Gives ICANN the Advice it Asked for
We've talked about the conflicts between our ICANN contract and privacy law in the past. Not once, not twice, but ...
Tech Talk S02E01: Facebook, GDPR, Domains, Super Smartphone Cameras
Tech Talk is a collaboration between Blacknight and KCLR 96FM radio. Every two weeks we join Ken McGuire on KCLR Drive ...
‘Domainers have Become More Professional’ says Dietmar Stefitz [Audio]
Dietmar Stefitz is our guest on the Blacknight Podcast today. He's the organiser of Domaining Europe - now known as ...
Easter Opening Hours at Blacknight
UPDATE: 29/03/2018 9:30am. IEDR has announced that it will have staff at work on Friday 30 March, in order to deal ...
Already Got a .ie Domain? Registering Another One is Now Super Easy!
It's now WAY easier to register .ie domain names. You no longer have to produce complicated documents or compose letters ...
Podcast: A Busy Dot-IE Domain Day at Blacknight [Audio]
It's been a busy day here at Blacknight, thanks to the relaxation of the rules for registering .IE domain names, ...
7 Tips to Make the Most of the .IE Domain Opportunity! (Number 4 will Amaze You!)
Have you ever wanted to register a .IE domain name, but couldn't be bothered to justify why you wanted it? ...
Our St Patrick’s Day Bank Holiday Arrangements
Tomorrow is St Patrick's Day, which means that Monday 19 March 2018 is a public holiday in Ireland. Support will ...
How to say Hosting in Irish? ‘Blacknight’! [Infographic]
Blacknight is an Irish company that does business internationally. It helps a lot that we speak English, and that lots ...
Whois – Why the hell is this so bloody complicated?
When I attended my first ICANN meeting back in 2007 things were very different to now. The meetings were a ...
ICANN 61 Puerto Rico is About More Than GDPR (Hopefully!)
This weekend ICANN’s 61st public meeting will kick off in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As usual I will be attending ...