Ireland’s CRO register: what you can and cannot pull in practice
The Companies Registration Office (CRO) in Ireland charges a fee to access company documents, unlike systems like the UK's Companies House. This paywall impacts automated diligence processes, as scripts can see filing metadata but require manual intervention to retrieve full documents like annual returns. Beneficial ownership information is also separate and restricted in Ireland, residing in the Register of Beneficial Ownership (RBO). While OpenRegistry aims to connect AI assistants to national registers, the Irish jurisdiction is currently inactive on their platform. AI
IMPACT Automated diligence tools face challenges with paywalled data, potentially slowing M&A processes and requiring manual workarounds.