The Civil Registration Bill of 2014 has passed in the Irish Legislature known as the Oireachtas Éireann.  The bill authorizes Irish records of historic births (over 100 years), marriages (over 75 years), and deaths (over 50 years) to be published online. The bill was enacted and signed into law on December 4, 2014 (Act Number 34 of 2014) (See Bill Number 71 of 2014).  To read the bill go to: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2014/a3414.pdf. It will take a while before the records are placed on the website.  A notice on the www.irishgenealogy.ie  has a link to the website of the on-line Indexes of the Civil Registers (GRO) of Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Deaths and to Church Records of Baptism, Marriage and Burial from a number of counties. The website is part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, A notice on the website says they hope to restore certain civil indices soon. History The Irish website  www.irishgenealogy.ie  posted indices of civil records.  The online indices were launched on July 3, 2014-- the first time that the Indexes have been made available online by the General Register Office. However, on July 24 I reported that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Billy Hawks, and The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht removed the database of civil registration records from the website on July 18 as it included information on living people.  That precipitated the amendment to the Civil Registration Act which would permit records to be published online of birth records over 100 years, marriages over 75 years and deaths over 50 years. Chuck Weinstein Bellport, NY Cmw521@earthlink.net