Cookies policy

• Last updated on 12 August 2025

Cookies are small files that a website saves on your computer, phone or tablet, to remember things about you. Some cookies are needed to make the website work properly. Other cookies help us improve the site by tracking how you use it.

Some cookies are strictly necessary to make ireland.ie work. Others are optional and help us improve the site or to display third-party content. You can choose whether to allow these extra cookies, but the necessary ones will always be used.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for the website to function, for example, remembering cookie settings or enabling page navigation. They cannot be switched off by us.

Performance cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the site, which pages are most popular, and where visitors come from, among other metrics. Google Analytics cookies store a unique identifier for your browser or device, along with information about your visit. We do not use this data to identify you, and it is anonymised by Google Analytics.

If you do not allow these cookies, we will not be able to understand how visitors use our website.

Functional cookies

These cookies allow the website to provide enhanced features and content, such as:

• embedded videos
• embedded music
• interactive documents

They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

On ireland.ie, functional cookies are mostly used to enable embedded content from services such as Spotify or Vimeo.

If you do no allow these cookies, some embedded content may not function correctly.

Targeting cookies

These cookies may be set through our website by social media platforms or streaming services. They can be used to build a profile of your interests, track your activity across different websites, and display relevant advertising or content.

On ireland.ie, targeting cookies come from services such as LinkedIn, X, YouTube and Google. Some of these cookies are also required to display embedded content — for example, YouTube videos that use the standard embed method. If you reject targeting cookies, these videos will not appear or play.

Where possible, we use privacy-enhanced options (such as YouTube’s “no-cookie” embed) to limit tracking until you interact with the content. However, other embeds may still require targeting cookies for playback.

Third-party cookies on ireland.ie

Where we embed content from other providers (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify, LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Slido), those providers may set their own cookies and collect your data.

• Strictly necessary cookies are always on.
• All other cookies will only be set with your consent.
• You can manage your preferences at any time through our cookie management tool (click the shield icon at the bottom left of your screen).
• You can also delete cookies or block them through your browser settings.

Retention periods vary depending on the cookie.

• Session cookies expire when you close your browser.
• Persistent cookies may remain on your device for a set period (e.g., 1 day to 2 years) unless you delete them.
• For exact expiry details, see the cookie list below or our cookie management tool (click the shield icon at the bottom left of your screen).

Correct as of 12 August 2025.