How to register with goAML (FIU Ireland): a step-by-step guide for MLROs

If your firm is a designated person under Irish AML law, you must be able to file Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs). In Ireland that starts with registering on goAML — the reporting portal operated by FIU Ireland, the financial intelligence unit within An Garda Síochána.

Who needs to register with goAML?

Every designated person under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 — accountants, solicitors, estate and letting agents, TCSPs, high-value goods dealers and financial institutions among others — has a duty to report suspicious transactions. goAML is how those reports reach FIU Ireland. In practice, the registration is done at firm level, with the MLRO (or another nominated person) set up as the user who files.

If your firm has never filed an STR, register anyway. The obligation to report arises when suspicion arises — and the middle of a live suspicion is the wrong moment to discover your firm has no portal access. Supervisors increasingly expect to see the registration in place as part of a firm’s basic AML readiness.

What do you need before you start?

How do you register, step by step?

The outline below reflects the general shape of the process. For the current portal screens, document requirements and any sector-specific instructions, always follow the guidance published on fiu-ireland.ie — it is the authority on its own portal.

1. 1

   Go to fiu-ireland.ie

   goAML registration is handled through FIU Ireland’s website. Follow the registration route for reporting entities and read the FIU’s current registration guidance first — the portal’s exact screens and requirements can change, and fiu-ireland.ie is the authoritative source.

2. 2

   Register your organisation

   You register the firm itself as a reporting entity, providing its identifying and contact details. Have your firm’s legal name, address and sector to hand so the registration matches your other regulatory records.

3. 3

   Register the MLRO as a user

   The person who will actually submit reports — usually the MLRO — is registered as a user connected to the organisation. Use a monitored, role-appropriate email address: this is where FIU correspondence will land.

4. 4

   Wait for FIU Ireland to approve the registration

   Registrations are reviewed by FIU Ireland before access is granted. If the FIU asks for supporting information, respond promptly and keep a copy of what you send.

5. 5

   Record the registration in your compliance file

   Once approved, note the registration date, the registered users and where the credentials are held. Your supervisor may ask for evidence that the firm can actually file an STR — a live goAML registration is that evidence.

Why is goAML only half of the job?

Ireland dual-reports STRs. Every report goes to FIU Ireland via goAML and to the Revenue Commissioners via ROS, as an XML upload — the goAML-generated XML is accepted. That means your MLRO needs two live registrations, not one, and a process that keeps both filings in step. There is no AUSTRAC-style threshold transaction report (TTR) regime in Ireland — the reporting duty is suspicion-based. We cover the dual-filing workflow in detail in our guide to STR dual reporting via goAML and ROS.

What changes under the AMLR?

From 10 July 2027, Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 replaces the substantive AML framework your reporting procedures were written under. The duty to report suspicion continues, and your goAML and ROS registrations remain the practical channel. One deadline worth noting now: under the AMLR, requests from the FIU must be answered within five working days — shorter for some categories. Make sure your firm can retrieve client records fast enough to meet that clock, and keep your registered contact details current so FIU requests actually reach the right person.