Editor
Ciarán Mac Eachmharcaigh
Editor · Dublin
Editor of CasinoCraic. He starts from the company behind a site, finds it in a regulator's own register, and writes down what could not be established.
- GRAI register
- Bonus terms
- Payments and withdrawals
- Safer gambling
Ciarán Mac Eachmharcaigh edits CasinoCraic and writes from Dublin. He sets the review method, applies the editorial guidelines, and checks the licensing claims that Irish-facing casino pages make. His name appears on the site because one person takes responsibility for the accuracy of its register checks.
His working areas are data and probability, risk in gambling products, game information, bonus terms, payments and safer gambling. The score on a casino page is a transparency rating. It is built from public registers and carries no claim about payouts or game choice, because no play testing takes place at CasinoCraic reviews.
How he works
The working method starts from the company behind the brand. Because casinos serving Irish players currently operate under overseas licences, he treats every casino claim as an overseas licensing question. He takes the name in a casino footer and traces it through three public registers: the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland (GRAI), the Malta Gaming Authority and the Gibraltar Gambling Division.
- Find the company named in the casino footer and confirm its registered details.
- Search that company in the public registers kept by the GRAI, the Malta Gaming Authority and the Gibraltar Gambling Division.
- Separate a betting licence from a casino licence, because one does not cover the other.
- Date every check and write down what could not be established.
That final step matters. A check dated 7 October 2026 is a fixed point, and anything left blank on the page is a gap in the public record rather than a hidden fact. The same split between a betting licence and a casino licence runs through the Irish casino licence guide.
He does not need to open an account to see whether a licence exists. The register entry shows the holder, the category and, where published, the licence number. That is enough to confirm or contradict a claim on an operator’s own pages.
The evidence pause
When a statistic sounds conclusive, he pauses and asks how it was produced. He asks what was measured, how large the sample was, and which assumptions shaped the result.
A casino’s own game count is a clear case. The number depends on how a studio release is split, which lobbies the operator chooses to display, and when the count was taken. CasinoCraic does not repeat that figure as a measured fact.
A claim of 2,000 games is a marketing count. It reflects how the operator presents its lobby, and it may change from one week to the next.
What he covers
His written coverage stays close to what a reader can verify or what the law states. Four areas carry most of the work.
- Licensing The GRAI, MGA and Gibraltar registers, with the company behind each licence.
- Bonus terms Wagering, game weighting, caps and deadlines as they appear in current terms.
- Payments Debit cards, ewallets and the credit-card ban in force since 5 February 2026.
- Safer gambling Deposit limits, self-exclusion and the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 936 725, with more detail on responsible gambling.
Payments pages always repeat the credit-card ban because it is often the first question an Irish reader asks.
What he will not write
Tips for beating a game do not appear on his pages. Promotion amounts stay out unless he has read them in current terms, and a payout speed is only reported when somebody has timed it.
Nothing is presented as personal play. Those limits exist because a reader may act on a figure months after a promotion changes. The editorial guidelines set the same rules for every page, and they treat an unverified claim as an error to be removed.
A casino’s statement that a withdrawal is instant gets recorded as a claim, not as a measurement.
Contact
Corrections and questions about the method should go through the contact page.