News and Announcements

Published 05/12/2024

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Due to server updates, CORE and the RBO will be unavailable next Tuesday, 3^rd of December, from 17:30 pm to 18:30 pm.

Published 29/11/2024

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Published 22/11/2024

The Christmas 2024 Deadline for Incorporations, Change of Name, Re-registrations, and Company Name Reservations

While the CRO endeavours to process all applications as quickly as possible, in order to give your applications the best chance of being registered prior to the Christmas break, we suggest that you submit applications no later than the following dates:

• Fé Phráinn Online Scheme: 9 December 2024
• Ordinary Online Scheme: 2 December 2024
• Change of Name: 9 December 2024
• Re-registration: 9 December 2024
• Company Name Reservation: 15 December 2024

All applications will be processed in strict date order.

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Published 30/09/2024

We are aware that customers are having issues with CORE and the RBO.

Emergency maintenance will be occurring soon to resolve the issues.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Published 30/09/2024

Published 27/09/2024.

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Published 24/09/2024.

Due to a system update, CORE will be briefly unavailable on Tuesday 24/09/2024 at 17:30 pm.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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Published 12/09/2024

Due to essential system maintenance, CRO online systems will be unavailable from 1pm to 2 pm, today, Wednesday 11th September 2024.
RBO will not be affected.
Please save all work that you are carrying out on the system before 1 pm.
We apologise for the inconvenience.

Published 11/09/2024

Published 11/09/2024

The CRO are aware of some technical issues at the moment, which may prevent you from filing some documents. If you are having difficulty filing your annual return due to these issues, please exit CORE, clear your cache/browser and try again, If this does not work, and your filing is time sensitive, please send a screenshot of your error message (to include the date and time)to annualreturns@cro.ie as soon as possible.

Published 10/09/2024

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Published 06/09/2024

Published 05/09/2024

Published 04/09/2024

Due to planned maintenance, CORE and the RBO will be down tomorrow evening between 17:30 and 18:30.

Please make sure that you save your submissions before this time.

We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

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Published 21/08/2024

CORE will be unavailable today, Monday 19th August, between 17:30 and 18:00 for emergency system maintenance.

Please make sure that you save your submissions before this time.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Published 19/08/2024

Published 19/08/2024

CORE is experiencing technical issues relating to Digital Signatures on PDFs. This is affecting the issuing of certificates.

Our technicians are working on a solution. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Published 31/07/2024

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Published 29/07/2024

Core Customer Portal will be unavailable from 17:30 to 18:30, Monday 29 July 2024

We would ask that you ensure to save all work that you are carrying out on the system before 17:30 Monday evening.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Published 26/07/2024

Published 26/07/2024

CRO online systems will be unavailable from 17:30 to 18:30, Thursday 25 July 2024

Core Customer Portal, and the RBO Register will be affected.

We would ask that you ensure to save all work that you are carrying out on the system before 17:30 Thursday evening.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

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Published 28/06/2024

SI 301 of 2024 European Union (Adjustments of size criteria for certain companies and groups) has been signed by Minister Burke and will be effective from 01 July 2024.

The size threshold criteria for certain companies and groups will increase as follows:

• Micro company: a balance sheet not greater that €450,000 with a net turnover of €900,000 and 10 employees.
• Small company: a balance sheet no greater than €7.5 million with a net turnover of €15 million and 50 employees.
• Medium sized company: a balance sheet must be no greater than €25 million with a net turnover of €50 million and 250 employees.
• Large company: a balance sheet no greater than €25 million with a net turnover of €50 million and 250 employees, or that exceeds the thresholds for a medium company.

The measures apply for financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2024, enabling companies to benefit from the adjusted thresholds immediately.  Companies may elect to apply the measures on or after 1 January 2023.

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Please note: Daily Processing Times can also be viewed on the homepage.

Published 18/06/2024

Please note: Daily Processing Times can also be viewed on the homepage.

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Published 31/05/2024

We are aware that Certificates are not being issues on CORE. We are working to resolve this issue, and apologise for any inconvenience. An update will be posted once the issue has been resolved.

Published 30/05/2024

Updated 04/06/2024

Published 30/05/2024

Published 30/05/2024

The issues with uploading documents in Core are now resolved. Apologies for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience.

Published 17/05/2024

There are currently issues with uploading documents in CORE. Our technicians are working to resolve this issue currently.

Apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Published 17/05/2024

Due to essential server updates, the online systems of the CRO and RBO, including CORE, will be unavailable from 17:30 to 18:30 on Thursday 16 May 2024.

Published 15/05/2024

Due to essential maintenance to CORE and the RBO, they will not be available from 5.30pm to 6.30 pm tomorrow, Thursday 18th April.

Published 17/04/2024

A planned technical upgrade to the CRO website will occur this evening from 5pm onwards.

This will result in the CRO website being unavailable for a short period of time.

Access to CORE will not be affected.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Published 11/04/2024

The Register of Friendly Societies has launched a new website.

Please visit the new RFS website here.

Published 10/04/2024

Welcome to the new website of the CRO.

If you are having any issues with using this website, please contact us.

Also launched alongside this new website are the updated RBO website, and the new RFS website.

Published 03/04/2024

The emergency maintenance has been completed.  Apologies again for the inconvenience.

CRO offices will be closed this Friday 29th March and Monday 1st April.

Any Annual Return Date that falls on or between 29th of March and 1st of April will have until Tuesday the 2nd of April to file.