Instagram handle claims in Ireland

Evidence that suits a request from Ireland

For a request from Ireland the useful evidence is an Irish or EU trade mark, a Companies Registration Office record that matches the name, or proof that a profile is posing as you. The preparation checklist lists the rest: the exact handle, the profile it is for, and what ties the name to you.

Never send a password or a login code. Nobody who needs one is working through an official route. See claim scams.

Starting with Instagram in Ireland

An Irish mark from the IPOI or a European Union trade mark both work as evidence for Instagram’s intellectual property form, because Ireland is in the EU and an EU mark covers it. A company name on the Companies Registration Office register shows the business exists, but it is not trade mark protection, so treat it as supporting evidence.

The four official routes are set out in the routes guide and compared on the routes comparison.

Facts to cite

• Trade marks: the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (IPOI).
• Personal data: the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, with the Data Protection Commission as the regulator.
• Consumer and advertising matters: the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
• Languages: English and Irish.
• Currency for the price: euro (EUR). The price is agreed in your chat or email before work starts.

These are reference points, not legal advice. A platform’s decision on a handle follows its own policy.

The other two platforms in Ireland

Meta and TikTok both have Irish entities for their European services, and the Data Protection Commission leads on their GDPR supervision. That is a data protection matter. It gives Irish residents no special route for a handle. Claims go through the same public forms as for everyone, and we have no inside contact at either company.

Handle limits for both are on the TikTok rules and Snapchat rules pages.

The order of work

1. You send the handle you want and the profile it is for, on WhatsApp or email, and say you are in Ireland.
2. We look at whether an official route fits the facts and tell you if it looks workable.
3. The price is agreed in chat before any work starts.
4. The request is filed with each platform’s process. The platform makes the final decision, and a claim that fails is covered by the refund policy.