Politics.ie

Politics.ie

Type of site	discussion boards
Available in	English, Irish
Founded	2003
Dissolved	2025

Politics.ie was an Irish internet discussion forum from 2003 ^[1] until 2025. It was founded by David Cochrane. The site was owned by Pie Media Ltd. David Cochrane resigned as director in August 2012. Pie Media Limited dissolved with the company closing on Wednesday the 22nd of April 2015. ^{[2] [ unreliable source? ]}

Legal action

Michael Daly took legal action against David Cochrane in a case involving libel. ^[3] An injunction was granted, and David Cochrane acknowledged the inaccuracy of the content posted on Politics.ie without admitting liability. ^[4]

Technical issues and closure

The site went offline for a period in July/August 2018. ^{[5] [ verification needed ]}

Intermittent technical problems continued throughout Q4 2018 and into 2019. In mid February 2019 A serious anomaly occurred resulting in the websites link to the forum software breaking so the server returned the file listing of the web root directory. This resulted in the hosting provider suspending the Account. ^[6]

The domain expired on 15 July 2025 with the site remaining online for some time before disappearing. The last copy archived by the Wayback Machine was on 9 August 2025. ^[7]

The domain was purchased by Edoms, a Bulgarian domain registrar on 2 October 2025. ^[8]

References

1. 'Welcome to Politics.ie, we are currently updating this new website with information' "Politics.ie 13 February 2003". Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
2. "Pie Media Limited". www.solocheck.ie. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
3. "Auctioneer settles action against Politics.ie website". The Irish Times. 4 April 2010.
4. Lucey, Anne (24 April 2010). "Auctioneer settles action against Politics.ie website". The Irish Times . Retrieved 1 January 2026.
5. "Has politics.ie closed down ?". www.boards.ie. 27 September 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
6. "threads/so-p-ie-dies-again.25905/page-50" . Retrieved 15 June 2021.^{[ dead link ]}
7. "Politics.ie, Aug 09 2025". Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
8. "politics.ie". Whois. Retrieved 4 October 2025.