Cookie Policy

Last updated: 24 October 2024

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that can be placed onto your computer, smartphone or other device by this website.

Some cookies are essential for our website to work. If they are disabled, the site won't work in some basic ways. These are called strictly necessary cookies.

Other cookies are not essential, but we use them to help make our site better or more enjoyable for you, e.g. by allowing you to use features like YouTube or allowing us to collect information about how people use the site. These are called performance, targeting or functionality cookies.

By law, we are allowed to use strictly necessary cookies as long as we tell you about them. However, we need your consent before we use any other type of cookie.

This Cookie Policy relates to www.centralbank.ie only. Read our full Data Protection Privacy Notice.

How to Manage Your Cookies for this Website

Change your cookie settings now

When you first visit our website, we will inform you of the type of cookies we use. We then give you the option to use the website either:

  • Based only on cookies that are strictly necessary
  • Based both on cookies that are strictly necessary and others as listed below

To use the website based only on cookies that are strictly necessary, click 'Cookie Settings' when the cookie message first appears. Then:

  • Ensure cookie consent is turned 'off' for all performance, targeting and functionality cookies
  • (Note: consent is turned 'off' by default the first time you use this website)
  • Click 'Save Settings'

If you want to give us consent to use other types of cookies, click 'Accept All Cookies' when the cookie message first appears. Alternatively you can:

  • Click 'Cookie Settings'
  • Add or remove consent for each individual category of cookie
  • Click 'Save Settings'

You can change your cookie decision at any time. To do so, click 'Cookie Settings' at the bottom of any webpage and follow the steps above.

Other Ways to Manage Cookies

You can also manage cookies directly through your web browser. Find out how to manage cookies in popular browsers below:

To find information about other types of browser, visit the browser's website.

Cookies on this Website

Types of Cookies

First Party Cookies

A First Party Cookie is one where the host name of the cookie is the same as the domain name of the website being visited. First party cookies cannot normally be used to track activity across different websites.

Third Party Cookies

A Third Party Cookie is one where the host name of the cookie is different to the domain of the website being visited. Third Party Cookie are often added to a website as new features are built into the site, e.g. YouTube videos. Digital advertising is another common use of third party cookies.

Session Cookies

A Session Cookie is one that is stored temporarily in a browser's memory. They are then deleted when you close your browser. Websites use Session Cookies for important functions, e.g. remembering your password during your visit.

Learn more about cookies at www.cookiepedia.co.uk.