Not a finding
A connection is not an accusation.
A TD who declared a company, or a company that won a contract, did what the record says and nothing more. No link here implies wrongdoing.
About Declared
Every connection, traced back to its source.
Declared is a free search tool for Ireland’s published public records. It joins what the Oireachtas, the Companies Registration Office, eTenders, TED, the Register of Lobbying and SIPO publish, and shows you the official record behind every link it draws.
Formerly called Léargas. Not connected to Léargas, the Erasmus+ agency.
What Declared shows, and what it does not
Not complete
Only as complete as the record.
CRO's open data has no directors, and Ireland's beneficial-ownership register is closed. We never fill those gaps by guessing.
Not invented
Every figure comes from the source.
Nothing is sample or estimated data. Each record links to the official source it came from, and every source shows when it was last retrieved.
How to read a connection
The line tells you how sure to be.
Every link on a graph or profile is drawn in one of four styles, from strongest to weakest. Open any link to see the record it rests on.
Published in the record
The official record names both sides itself, such as a TD's declaration that names a company.
Strength 4 of 4
Matched by identifier
Two records carry the same official number, such as a CRO company number, and the names agree.
Strength 3 of 4
Matched by exact name
Only the name joins the two records, and exactly one candidate matched. It is labelled as our match, not as a fact from the record.
Strength 2 of 4
Matched by name with added legal form
As above, after adding a form such as Limited or DAC that the source left out. The weakest link we show.
Strength 1 of 4
Who makes it
Meet the person behind Declared.
Independent by design
Declared is created by Marcus Castro and built with BeFrontier (opens in a new tab). It is free to use. Sponsors can support it but never change the sources, the matching rules or what a profile shows.
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Spotted something wrong?
A wrong link can harm a real person, so every report is read.
- Tell us the page and the record that looks wrong.
- We check the link against the official record.
- We correct it, or remove a link we cannot support. If the record itself is wrong, we point you to the publisher, and the fix appears at the next refresh.