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ProofSnap captures any web page as digital evidence for Ireland in one click. Because Ireland is an EU member state, eIDAS applies directly: a qualified electronic time stamp is presumed accurate as to the date and time it indicates and as to the integrity of the data bound to it.

In Ireland the position on captured web evidence is unusually straightforward. eIDAS applies here directly, as EU law, so a qualified time stamp from any qualified trust service provider on the EU Trusted List carries the same presumption before an Irish court or adjudicator as anywhere else in the Union. Alongside that, the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 provides that the rules of evidence shall not deny admissibility to information in electronic form solely because it is electronic, or, where it is the best evidence the person adducing it could reasonably be expected to obtain, on the ground that it is not in its original form. The presumption goes to the time and the integrity of the data, not to the truth of what the page said, so an adjudicator still weighs the evidence.

ProofSnap is a Chrome & Edge extension that captures web pages as evidence in one click. Three capture options: single page, multi-tab browsing session (with per-tab forensic packages), or signed video proof (Auto, Manual, or Session-wide screen recording). Every capture includes a SHA-256 cryptographic hash, an RSA-4096 digital signature and a Provenance Certificate recording the conditions of the capture in six checks, and on every plan except Essential a Bitcoin blockchain timestamp via OpenTimestamps. Our eIDAS qualified timestamps, available on Enterprise and Company plans or through an eIDAS SnapPack, are issued by Disig a.s., listed on the EU Trusted List as a Qualified Trust Service Provider.

Most Irish disputes are decided by the RTB or the WRC rather than by a court, and both work from evidence filed in advance. Our guide to RTB dispute evidence works through how that plays out when the file is due five working days before the hearing, and the WRC unfair dismissal guide covers what to file with the WRC. The same signed package strengthens a solicitor’s letter in a defamation matter or a report under Coco’s Law. Pricing starts at $8.99/month (approx. €7.80) with a 7-day free trial that requires a credit card. It is used by lawyers, short-term letting hosts, copyright enforcement firms and compliance teams, and its interface is available in 29 languages.

By Radim Motycka, Founder & Lead Engineer, ProofSnap, 10+ years in cryptographic protocol design · Last updated: 14 October 2026 · Independently verifiable via Trust Verifier

Official Irish sources

The legal framing on this page rests on the following primary sources. Check them rather than taking our word for it.

• Electronic Commerce Act 2000, section 22, headed “Admissibility”: admissibility is not denied on the sole ground that the material is electronic, nor, where it is the best evidence the person adducing it could reasonably be expected to obtain, on the ground that it is not in its original form.
• Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 (eIDAS), consolidated text: the presumption of the accuracy of the date and time and the integrity of the data, applying directly in Ireland.
• Workplace Relations Act 2015, section 41: the six-month limit for a complaint to the WRC, which an adjudication officer may extend by up to a further six months where the delay was due to reasonable cause.
• Workplace Relations Commission: how adjudication works and what a complainant is expected to file.
• Defamation (Amendment) Act 2026: largely in force since 1 March 2026. It removes the jury from High Court defamation actions brought after that date, brings in a serious harm test for a body corporate only and gives the Circuit Court power to make an identification order against an intermediary.
• Defamation Act 2009: a defamation action must be brought within one year, or such longer period as the court directs.
• Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 (Coco’s Law): makes it an offence to distribute, publish or threaten to distribute an intimate image without consent, with intent to cause harm or being reckless as to harm, including an image that only purports to be of the person.
• Residential Tenancies Board guide to evidence: evidence can be uploaded until five working days before the hearing, and “it is important to bring original documentation to the hearing in case we need to check it is authentic”.
• Residential Tenancies Board disputes page: adjudication, the determination order and the Tenancy Tribunal appeal.
• Hotline.ie on intimate image abuse: it approaches the online service provider on your behalf to request removal, and states that it cannot guarantee removal of all images.

Same forensic engine as the Chrome extension. eIDAS timestamps from Disig a.s., listed on the EU Trusted List.

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