[MaxBarraclough]

> I'm Irish and have a common [e-mail]

At the risk of nitpicking, @gmail.com email addresses use a dots don't matter policy [0] so really you have a common [e-mail] and are free to add dots wherever you like.

[0] https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7436150

[fn-mote]

Recently learned, to my surprise, that other major providers have not followed Google’s lead on this, so there are plenty of places dont.scam..me@ is a valid email (social engineering or typosquatting).