Updated September 28, 2026
What is Central Bank of Ireland?
In short
Ireland's central bank, whose licence record shows whether a provider is supervised at home rather than from abroad.
The Central Bank of Ireland is the central bank of the country, the institution that issues the banknotes used in Ireland and oversees the banks that hold deposits. For someone comparing accounts, its record matters because a licence registered there means the provider answers to a supervisor at home rather than to a regulator in another country. Check that the entity on your account documents matches the entity in the register, then read how your money is protected.