You can use the beow search facility to check the availabilty of any domain name you choose.
The IEDR (Irish Domain Registry) have strict rules which apply to the registration process:
As a .IE domain name identifies you as being Irish, or having a presence in Ireland:
.IE DOMAIN APPLICATIONS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGNED LETTER OUTLINING THE APPLICANTS REASONS FOR OBTAINING THE NAME. THE RELEVANT COMPANY NUMBER OR BUSINESS NAME NUMBER MUST BE SUPPLIED. this can be sent to: support@irishwebservers.ie
From the 1st January 2014 ICANN requests
verification of all newly registered domain names,
(not applicable to .ie names)
If we register your domain name for you, you will
receive shortly after a verification email from the
registrar,
you need to use the link within the email to verify
your registered details,
if verification is not completed within 15 days of
the domain name being registered,
the registrar will put it into a suspended state and
you will not be able to use it until the details
have been verified.
