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  • #5282
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    NIMAN wrote: »
    I too think we should be open come the summer onwards, but it was worrying that nphet mentioned autumn and likely increased cases in one of its pressers last week.

    I remember Fergal Bowers mentioning it last week.

    Well yeah of course, summer should have lowest spread due to good weather and people socialising outdoors, (pretty much the best ventilated environment we have).

    Its expected that as weather cools, people socialise indoors more and viruses spread more. Its aa moot point though - by that stage vaccinations should stop 90% of at risk population from needing hospitalisation should they get the virus. As vaccinations pick up, case numbers become less and less of a relevant metric.


  • #5283
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,033 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    Tazz T wrote: »
    While I'm confident that we are nearing the end of this (as soon as May) there will be a blip (not a wave) during flu season. Last year's xmas will very possibly have been more 'meaningful' than the coming one.

    Things like this are why it is not a conspiracy theory to be concerned about the governments motives going forward.

    By winter everybody will be vaccinated. Its worth repeating, by the year end everybody will have had a covid 19 vaccination.

    Assuming that fact, if there is a lockdown next winter then there can only be one of two reasons for it:
    - The vaccines didn't work
    - The government are using the lockdown for non covid reasons.

    As I said yesterday, the overton window has shifted, there is now precedent for using lockdowns to address a "health crisis", it is no longer unthinkable to take away from one section of society under the guise of helping another. And it has also been demonstrated that not only will the Irish public accept this, but that a sizeable minority will defend every single part of the governments response to their last breath.

    In this kite flying country we are now seeing a lot of kites regarding lockdowns at winter, but if the vaccines work then why on earth would a lockdown ever be needed again?

    Like a lot of things this past year, I don't expect a lot of people on here to seriously consider the implications of that at all.


  • #5284
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Things like this are why it is not a conspiracy theory to be concerned about the governments motives going forward.

    By winter everybody will be vaccinated. Its worth repeating, by the year end everybody will have had a covid 19 vaccination.

    Assuming that fact, if there is a lockdown next winter then there can only be one of two reasons for it:
    - The vaccines didn't work
    - The government are using the lockdown for non covid reasons.

    As I said yesterday, the overton window has shifted, there is now precedent for using lockdowns to address a "health crisis", it is no longer unthinkable to take away from one section of society under the guise of helping another. And it has also been demonstrated that not only will the Irish public accept this, but that a sizeable minority will defend every single part of the governments response to their last breath.

    In this kite flying country we are now seeing a lot of kites regarding lockdowns at winter, but if the vaccines work then why on earth would a lockdown ever be needed again?

    Like a lot of things this past year, I don't expect a lot of people on here to seriously consider the implications of that at all.

    I knew from the get-go that a dangerous precedent was being set. Lockdowns have been normalised. But anyone who raised concerns was dismissed as a conspiracy theorist.


  • #5285
    Scotty #
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    By winter everybody will be vaccinated. Its worth repeating, by the year end everybody will have had a covid 19 vaccination.
    20% won't be offered it, under 18's
    a further 15-30% will refuse it.

    This leaves somewhere between 56% and 68% vaccinated. Maximum. Unless we can convince a lot of that 15-30% group to get vaccinated. Which I think we will do in the form of requirements to travel, indoor mass gatherings, etc.
    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Assuming that fact, if there is a lockdown next winter then there can only be one of two reasons for it:
    - The vaccines didn't work
    - The government are using the lockdown for non covid reasons.

    - New variants
    - Not enough people get vacc'ed - (The single most likely reason).


  • #5286
    the kelt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,889 ✭✭✭the kelt


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Things like this are why it is not a conspiracy theory to be concerned about the governments motives going forward.

    By winter everybody will be vaccinated. Its worth repeating, by the year end everybody will have had a covid 19 vaccination.

    Assuming that fact, if there is a lockdown next winter then there can only be one of two reasons for it:
    - The vaccines didn't work
    - The government are using the lockdown for non covid reasons.

    As I said yesterday, the overton window has shifted, there is now precedent for using lockdowns to address a "health crisis", it is no longer unthinkable to take away from one section of society under the guise of helping another. And it has also been demonstrated that not only will the Irish public accept this, but that a sizeable minority will defend every single part of the governments response to their last breath.

    In this kite flying country we are now seeing a lot of kites regarding lockdowns at winter, but if the vaccines work then why on earth would a lockdown ever be needed again?

    Like a lot of things this past year, I don't expect a lot of people on here to seriously consider the implications of that at all.

    I agree, mentioning lockdown being used to reduce waiting lists for example was a bit of a shot across the bows of the nation.

    The only thing to remember is as soon as the money ends, this ends, thats why it will be key to keep an eye on our EU associates and what theyre doing.

    If other countries in the EU are opened up and getting back to normal the game is up. If Europe has a certain % of population vaccinated and can get through winter without lockdowns on that basis why whould the tax payers across these countries fund lockdown in Ireland just because the health service in this country is an absolute shambles and NPHET eye an opportunity using free money to eradicate waiting lists and reduce the pre COVID overcrowding theres always been


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  • #5287
    HansKroenke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭HansKroenke


    CollectThat wrote: »
    Won't financial considerations be the reason for the ending of all restrictions after vaccines? We can't afford to keep all these supports to businesses, we will have to pay the bill eventually. Talk of Social Distancing for years, that would never work in bars / restaurants. It wouldn't be financially feasible for them to open if only (lets say) 50% of their usual capacity can be used. They can afford it now since 80% of staff wages are paid for by supports. Once this is removed we'll have to allow a return to normal practices.

    This is an excellent point. If places have to limit numbers for whatever reason, they won't make as much money so the government will have to step in and keep helping them pay their rates, rents, furloughed employees. It will not be possible to have the cake in the form any sort of restrictions which limit the ability of a business to trade while at the same time eat it by way of unwinding the supports of rent and rates breaks, debt forgiveness, employee income payments etc.

    I think what happens in the UK is going to be a good guide for what happens here as they are looking to get ahead of us and the EU with easing due to the aggressive vaccination targets. If social distancing and masks are reduced to just guidance rather than being mandated by law over there, then we will see in the coming 3/4 months what is likely to occur here. Texas has now fully done away with masks and social distancing, the 2nd most populated state in the USA. This gives me hope that all restrictions will be fully done away with once the covid hospital and death numbers collapse due to widespread vaccinations.


  • #5288
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,836 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Scotty # wrote: »
    20% won't be offered it, under 18's
    a further 15-30% will refuse it.

    This leaves somewhere between 56% and 68% vaccinated. Maximum. Unless we can convince a lot of that 15-30% group to get vaccinated. Which I think we will do in the form of requirements to travel, indoor mass gatherings, etc.



    - New variants
    - Not enough people get vacc'ed - (The single most likely reason).

    You keep posting this yet all polls so far show that take up will be higher than that in Ireland. Beginning to think you aren't exactly posting in good faith.


  • #5289
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    Scotty # wrote: »
    20% won't be offered it, under 18's
    a further 15-30% will refuse it.

    This leaves somewhere between 56% and 68% vaccinated. Maximum. Unless we can convince a lot of that 15-30% group to get vaccinated. Which I think we will do in the form of requirements to travel, indoor mass gatherings, etc.



    - New variants
    - Not enough people get vacc'ed - (The single most likely reason).

    Under 18s are at the least risk from the virus, and also have less transmission of the virus relative to older cohorts.

    The main point though is its not about case numbers its hospitalisations & deaths. It doesnt matter if we dont vaccinate everyone, so long as we vaccinate those most at risk from the virus. Once we do that, hospital admissions will fall off a cliff. We can have 1000s of cases a day and barely a trickle will be admitted to hospital.


  • #5290
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,511 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    timmyntc wrote: »
    Under 18s are at the least risk from the virus, and also have less transmission of the virus relative to older cohorts.

    Are under 18s even on the list to be vaccinated?

    I thought I read that the vaccines are only approved for use in 18+.


  • #5291
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    timmyntc wrote: »
    Under 18s are at the least risk from the virus, and also have less transmission of the virus relative to older cohorts.

    The main point though is its not about case numbers its hospitalisations & deaths. It doesnt matter if we dont vaccinate everyone, so long as we vaccinate those most at risk from the virus. Once we do that, hospital admissions will fall off a cliff. We can have 1000s of cases a day and barely a trickle will be admitted to hospital.

    But people are obsessed with case numbers. That's the problem. 2,000 cases with zero context sounds scary. And don't think RTÉ won't continue to scare people with case numbers. Too much damage has been done at this stage. Do people think people who walk to the other side of the road to avoid passing other people are suddenly going to snap out of it and go back to walking past people on the footpath? They might, but it'll take years.


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  • #5292
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    Deleted User wrote: »
    But people are obsessed with case numbers. That's the problem. 2,000 cases with zero context sounds scary. And don't think RTÉ won't continue to scare people with case numbers. Too much damage has been done at this stage. Do people think people who walk to the other side of the road to avoid passing other people are suddenly going to snap out of it and go back to walking past people on the footpath? They might, but it'll take years.

    Once people are vaccinated they wont give a flying ****. It's seen as immunity and you can do what you want and see who you want.

    There of course will still be the odd curtain twitchers, but majority will be fed up at that stage. At end of the day compliance was mostly out of fear & selfishness, so take away a persons fear of covid and they wont comply any more.


  • #5293
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,033 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    Scotty # wrote: »
    20% won't be offered it, under 18's
    a further 15-30% will refuse it.

    This leaves somewhere between 56% and 68% vaccinated. Maximum. Unless we can convince a lot of that 15-30% group to get vaccinated. Which I think we will do in the form of requirements to travel, indoor mass gatherings, etc.

    Thats nice and all, but actually irrelevant.

    We do not need everybody to be vaccinated, we just need the vulnerable to be vaccinated. And the logic behind that is so blindingly obvious that I see no need to explain it.

    Comments such as yours are exactly the sort of thing I am talking about. If next winter we are still using cases among healthy people as justification for lockdowns then we could no longer deny that the decision makers are not acting honestly.


  • #5294
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    timmyntc wrote: »
    Once people are vaccinated they wont give a flying ****. It's seen as immunity and you can do what you want and see who you want.

    There of course will still be the odd curtain twitchers, but majority will be fed up at that stage. At end of the day compliance was mostly out of fear & selfishness, so take away a persons fear of covid and they wont comply any more.

    I hope you're right, but I don't share your optimism. If RTÉ continue to produce scary looking graphs about case numbers, which they will, loads of people will continue to be terrified.

    I don't see NPHET exiting stage left in a hurry. They have taken everything from us. Our freedom, our dignity, our sense of worth. It's an astonishing reality.

    Our freedoms are fundamental.


  • #5295
    HansKroenke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭HansKroenke


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Thats nice and all, but actually irrelevant.

    We do not need everybody to be vaccinated, we just need the vulnerable to be vaccinated. And the logic behind that is so blindingly obvious that I see no need to explain it.

    Comments such as yours are exactly the sort of thing I am talking about. If next winter we are still using cases among healthy people as justification for lockdowns then we could no longer deny that the decision makers are not acting honestly.

    This.


  • #5296
    Responder XY
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 220 ✭✭Responder XY


    Scotty # wrote: »
    20% won't be offered it, under 18's
    a further 15-30% will refuse it.

    This leaves somewhere between 56% and 68% vaccinated. Maximum. Unless we can convince a lot of that 15-30% group to get vaccinated. Which I think we will do in the form of requirements to travel, indoor mass gatherings, etc.



    - New variants
    - Not enough people get vacc'ed - (The single most likely reason).

    Firstly, testing is ongoing on U-18s, very likely that by the time we get to them, at least one type of vaccine will be approved.

    Secondly, as someone pointed out - surveys are showing that take up in Ireland will be much higher than the 70-85% range you are saying it will be. More like 90% +

    Finally, the population in general will not accept further restrictions because some idiots are refusing a vaccine. Once the vaccine is available to all, the restrictions will have to be lifted, regardless of weather some people have chosen not to get it. 


  • #5297
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,033 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    Deleted User wrote: »
    They have taken everything from us.

    Its worse, we gave it to them.


  • #5298
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Responder XY wrote: »
    Firstly, testing is ongoing on U-18s, very likely that by the time we get to them, at least one type of vaccine will be approved.

    Secondly, as someone pointed out - surveys are showing that take up in Ireland will be much higher than the 70-85% range you are saying it will be. More like 90% +

    Finally, the population in general will not accept further restrictions because some idiots are refusing a vaccine. Once the vaccine is available to all, the restrictions will have to be lifted, regardless of weather some people have chosen not to get it. 

    I hope you're right, but where is the evidence to suggest that the population would not accept further restrictions? The public has fully supported draconian restrictions for the guts of a year. And, as I keep saying, there's no opposition, in the media or in politics. Who's going to push for an end to restrictions? Are millions of people going to protest?


  • #5299
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    Its worse, we gave it to them.

    You're right. And not so much as a whimper.


  • #5300
    FlubberJones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭FlubberJones


    Responder XY wrote: »
    Firstly, testing is ongoing on U-18s, very likely that by the time we get to them, at least one type of vaccine will be approved.

    Secondly, as someone pointed out - surveys are showing that take up in Ireland will be much higher than the 70-85% range you are saying it will be. More like 90% +

    Finally, the population in general will not accept further restrictions because some idiots are refusing a vaccine. Once the vaccine is available to all, the restrictions will have to be lifted, regardless of weather some people have chosen not to get it. 

    have to agree with the last statement, if they refuse it so **** them, if they get sick and even if they die they had a chance at some protection and declined.
    The rest of us, take the vaccine and get back to normal lives.. which I for one simply can't wait for and will not accept restrictions because some prick thinks the vaccine is a conspiracy or some other ****e


  • #5301
    HansKroenke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭HansKroenke


    FlubberJones wrote: »
    have to agree with the last statement, if they refuse it so **** them, if they get sick and even if they die they had a chance at some protection and declined.
    The rest of us, take the vaccine and get back to normal lives.. which I for one simply can't wait for and will not accept restrictions because some prick thinks the vaccine is a conspiracy or some other ****e

    I also take this attitude with those that eat meat and clog up our health service with their diseases as a direct result of doing so as well as with smokers and drinkers and even obese people. It's their choice but fcuk them and their health, they should know the consequences. Fear of them clogging up our hospitals and taking away covid resources is not enough of a justification for me to have restrictions imposed on me.


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  • #5302
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,153 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Scotty # wrote: »
    We're doing better than most countries.

    But we have kinda flat-lined at this stage. It's going to take us a long long time to get to double digits but at least we're going in the right direction. Plenty others are not.

    coronavirus-data-explorer-2.png


    Worth noting... the correlation between 'cases' and hospital cases' is changing as more and more vaccines are given. So the numbers above are not as bad as they would have been if this were a few months ago. Hopefully anyway.

    That's really interesting. Spain has had the most dramatic change on the graph. What have they been doing in the last month?

    Likewise what have Italy, France and Poland been doing in the last month that has caused their cases to rise?


  • #5303
    Scotty #
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    AdamD wrote: »
    You keep posting this yet all polls so far show that take up will be higher than that in Ireland. Beginning to think you aren't exactly posting in good faith.
    People keep saying 'everyone will be vaccinated'. Everyone won't.


  • #5304
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,033 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    FlubberJones wrote: »
    have to agree with the last statement, if they refuse it so **** them, if they get sick and even if they die they had a chance at some protection and declined.

    It comes back to something that has been ignored for nearly a year now.

    Adult conversations about death.

    People get sick and die all the time, it happens, a friend of mine died at the weekend, cancer, mid 40's, very sad but it happened and thats life.

    Too many people have blinded themselves to that fact, now they are scared to pass people on the street in case they catch a bug and die. Such mindsets are not compatible with living, they are childish and narrow minded.

    It was a relief to hear that UK minister acknowledging that people would die from covid but that society needed to open up anyway, hopefully now that will seep into the mindset elsewhere and we finally start taking a rational approach to all things covid.


  • #5305
    timmyntc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,664 ✭✭✭timmyntc


    Scotty # wrote: »
    People keep saying 'everyone will be vaccinated'. Everyone won't.

    The vulnerable will and thats all that matters. Once hospital admissions are at a controlled level we should be able to resume normal life.


  • #5306
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,153 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Are under 18s even on the list to be vaccinated?

    I thought I read that the vaccines are only approved for use in 18+.

    As it stands the under 18s cant be vaccinated because the vaccine hasn't been tested on them yet. The trials are beginning for some groups of children now from 12-17 in various announcements I've seen) and they hope to have approval to start vaccinating those children by the end of the year.

    This leads to a conflation between "everybody" meaning the whole population, "everybody" meaning the adult population and "everybody" meaning the adult population minus the people who will refuse the vaccine. So some people say "everybody" and mean 100% of the population and others say "everybody" and actually mean 60ish%

    The important thing is that they are starting to do the trials. It just might not happen as fast as we want.


  • #5307
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    patnor1011 wrote: »
    Well, some people can stick with what they see on TV and reading on ESRI studies.
    Other people like me continued to work and meet with people during the course of their work. I get it, if someone sit in home waiting for daily count being announced on TV they can get a little out of touch with reality of what people really think or want. For that you need to meet people, talk to them and then you may realize that studies and polls were many times wrong.
    So I would disregard vague anonymous studies and polls which are mostly designed to fit expectations of people who conduct them.

    While I got way more vaccines than most of the people here since I came from country where vaccination was mandatory and involved way more vaccines than is the norm in Ireland, I am pretty much sure I do not need this one.
    As far as covid goes majority of the people would get more benefit simply by changing diet and lifestyle than getting this particular vaccine.

    So let me see from that:

    Yourself:
    Works, meets people, doesn't watch TV, highly vaccinated, has talked to everyone in the country, In touch with reality, Knows more about other people opinions here than the ERSI . Medical expert on infectious disease control.

    Others:
    Watch TV, don't work, don't meet others, dont talk to others, out of touch with reality. Wrongly accept research carried out by the ERSI etc. Know nothing about anything. Need to change diet and lifestyle rather than get vaccine.

    Lol. OK so ...


  • #5308
    Tazz T
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭Tazz T


    Scotty # wrote: »
    20% won't be offered it, under 18's
    a further 15-30% will refuse it.

    This leaves somewhere between 56% and 68% vaccinated. Maximum. Unless we can convince a lot of that 15-30% group to get vaccinated. Which I think we will do in the form of requirements to travel, indoor mass gatherings, etc.



    - New variants
    - Not enough people get vacc'ed - (The single most likely reason).

    Interestingly, there's a piece on Newstalk a few moments ago saying that uptake of the Astrazenaca is just 50% in Germany and 25% in France, with people viewing it as 'second class' and with a higher chance of side effects. Even more worryingly, many healthcare/frontline workers aren't accepting it.

    There will be a higher take up here because we have stricter restrictions and people will just about do anything to get out of them at this
    stage.

    But yeah, this will definitely be used as an excuse for continued restrictions/lockdowns come winter. Nothing conspiracy theory about it like others have suggested, simply a government that doesn't want to get it wrong and has applied overly cautious/disproportional restrictions all along. This won't change and may even get more disproportional during the summer.


  • #5309
    Dickie10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,070 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    interesting to see a lot more talk about the cost to the economy that covid is having on irish media, i think this points to end coming, cant see them giving out PUP money after end of june. thats why they will open everything up. just on topic of nightclubs, is there any reason why nightclubs wouldnt open along with gyms/cinemas and other pubs/restaurants?


  • #5310
    bucketybuck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,033 ✭✭✭✭bucketybuck


    Dickie10 wrote: »
    is there any reason why nightclubs wouldnt open along with gyms/cinemas and other pubs/restaurants?

    If the vaccine is available and demonstrated to protect vulnerable people, then there is no need for any restrictions at all, never mind getting into picking and choosing what is closed and what isn't.

    If the vaccine doesn't work that is a different question altogether.

    Having a vaccine available that protects the vulnerable but still locking down because of vague fears about the future? That is bull****.


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  • #5311
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,153 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    Dickie10 wrote: »
    interesting to see a lot more talk about the cost to the economy that covid is having on irish media, i think this points to end coming, cant see them giving out PUP money after end of june. thats why they will open everything up. just on topic of nightclubs, is there any reason why nightclubs wouldnt open along with gyms/cinemas and other pubs/restaurants?

    Nightclubs opening would depend on whether we still need social distancing or not. Nightclub are one of the places where people go to act foolish and shake off a lot of the normal rules of the rest of normal life. I wouldn't expect anyone to adhere to distancing rules in a nightclub. So I'd say it will come down to whether we still need distancing or not.


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Boards.ie is not directed at children younger than 13 years of age and is offered only to users who are 13 or older. Children under 13 may not register with boards.ie. We do not knowingly collect information from or about children under the age of 13. If we discover that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 we will delete that information as soon as possible. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at hello@boards.ie. We cannot guarantee that all content on the site will be suitable for persons under the age of 16.


4.4 Representing a company or other entity

If you are using boards.ie as a representative of a company or other entity (including, but not limited to Charity or Volunteer organisations, Student’s Unions, Trade Unions, Academic Institutions, Chambers of Commerce, Departments of Government) you represent that you have the authority to enter into these Terms of Use on behalf of that company or entity, and agree that the terms “you” and “your” in this agreement refers to your company or other entity. You may not post on boards.ie other than in your individual capacity unless you have permission from Boards.ie. Contact hello@boards.ie for more details.


4.5 Exceptions

You must not use boards.ie if:

  • You have been previously site banned for any reason (unless this site ban has been subsequently rescinded upon appeal)
  • You are joining solely to seek to engage in market research
  • You are joining solely to look for support for your, or another person’s participation in any competition or publicly voted event
  • You are a convicted sex offender
  • You intend to breach any other of the terms and conditions listed below

  1. What you agree to when joining boards.ie

Boards.ie is made available for your personal, non-commercial use only, except where otherwise authorised by Boards Software Limited. It is your responsibility, bearing in mind the global nature of the Internet, to comply with all applicable laws which may apply to your use of boards.ie and to the material you post, including but not limited to those regarding acceptable content and online conduct. You agree to comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the country in which you reside.

Failure to comply with all applicable laws or these Terms of Use may result in deletion of posts, suspension of posting privileges, and/or complete banning.

Boards.ie is committed to providing an open forum for discussion and debate. Please note that you are liable for the content of any Material you post on boards.ie. Boards Softwareaccepts no liability of any nature whatsoever for any Material posted on boards.ie by users. Any views or comments expressed in user posts are not necessarily the views of Boards Software, any entity associated with it or any of its employees or agents. Boards SoftwareLimited requires that you read these Terms of Use and our separate Boards.ie Guidelines before posting any Material on Boards.ie

Boards.ie is not responsible for and does not endorse the contents of user’s posts or warrant the accuracy, truthfulness, legality or reliability of user’s posts. You are entirely responsible for material which you post. You agree to fully indemnify Boards SoftwareLimited against all damages, claims, expenses, liabilities, claims and costs (including legal costs) which Boards Software may suffer or incur in the event of any legal proceedings being brought against Boards SoftwareLimited, in consequence of your posting Material. For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnity you give to Boards SoftwareLimited is effective in respect of any and all legal proceedings including any and all possible causes of action that may result from any breach of these Terms of Use and/or applicable law.

We expect you to act responsibly in posting Material on Boards.ie. You agree, through use of this service, NOT to use boards.ie to:


  • post illegal Material
  • treat others with disrespect
  • defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the rights (such as rights of
  • privacy and publicity) of others
  • identify or speculate as to the identity of any anonymous or pseudonymous user
  • attempt to solicit information from any other user under false pretences, for example by
  • attempting phishing-like attacks
  • attempt to solicit personal information from anyone under 18
  • harm minors in any way
  • solicit passwords or personally identifying information for commercial or unlawful purposes
  • collect or store other users\' personal data without their consent
  • attempt to gain unauthorised access to the boards.ie administrative areas or interface, to user accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Boards.ie site, through password mining or any other meanspost irrelevant Material, repeatedly post the same or similar Material or otherwise impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the boards.ie servers or infrastructure
  • post any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional content, \'junk mail\', \'spam\', \'chain letters\', \'pyramid schemes\', or any other form of commercial publicity
  • post any abusive, harmful, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, indecent, profane, inappropriate, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable Material, except where the content is appropriate to the content of the forum and you have been granted specific permission to do so and subject to our guidelines on said content
  • post Material that contains violence, or offensive subject matter or contains a link to an adult website
  • post Material in respect of any matter that is currently before the courts
  • post Material that could be construed as scandalising the courts
  • post Material that promotes or encourages illegal activity or facilitates or encourages any violation of these Terms of Use
  • post Material that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary right or intellectual property right of any party
  • post Material that falsely expresses or implies that such Material is sponsored or endorsed by boards.ie
  • post Material that contains software viruses or harmful programs including but not limited to, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancel-bots, computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, disrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment
  • modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of boards.ie, or use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other device to retrieve or index any portion of boards.ie, except as expressly authorised in writing by boards.ie
  • reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of boards.ie


Moderators and Administrators

In order to allow for the proper administration of boards.ie we make use of third party moderators and administrators. And in order for them to properly carry out their functions as moderators and administrators they require access to personal information concerning you, your boards.ie account and your activity on the site. Such data is only permitted to be used by our third party moderators and administrators for the purposes of administering the site and cannot be used by them for any other purpose. If you agree to be a moderator or administrator for boards.ie you agree that any user personal information available to you is to be used solely for the purpose of administering the site and will not be used for any other purpose.


  1. You are responsible for your account and its details

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to select a username and password and you will be responsible for all activities occurring under your username and for keeping your password secure. We strongly recommend you do not reuse a password which you also use elsewhere.


6.1 Usernames

We would recommend you choose a pseudonym and do not use your real name (or a derivative of it) when joining boards.ie. You may not select or use a username that:

  • contains "Boards" or otherwise misrepresents your relationship with boards.ie or any other party
  • contains any profanity, is vulgar or offensive, or promotes an illegal activity
  • violates any trademark or other proprietary right
  • misleadingly impersonates someone else
  • Occasionally users may speculate about the identity of anonymous or pseudonymous users. Such speculation is against our Terms of Use and we delete all such posts which are brought to our attention. However please be aware that we cannot guarantee that other users will not be able to determine your identity. There should be no expectation of complete anonymity anywhere on the internet.
  • We reserve the rights to change usernames at our discretion. You cannot change your username after registration unless you become a subscriber.



6.2 Accounts and passwords

Boards.ie reserves the right to log off or deactivate accounts that are inactive for more than 6 years.

You cannot create more than one personal profile. You may not share your account with anyone. You agree not to provide any false information to Boards.ie or to create an account for anyone other than yourself without the express permission of that other person or entity. You agree not to use the account or password of another user and not to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorised use of your account or access to your password.

Boards Software Limited will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using or accessing your password or account, either with or without your knowledge.

You may be held liable for losses incurred by us or any other party as a result of someone else using or accessing your password or account if you have not taken reasonable steps to keep your password or account secure.

Boards.ie may at its absolute discretion refuse you access to the site, delete posts by you or suspend/terminate your account without prior notice for any reason and you shall not be entitled to any compensation in respect of this. If we disable your account you will not be entitled to create another account without our permission.

These Terms of Use, including, in particular, the indemnities contained herein, shall survive any suspension or termination of your account.


6.3 User status

Please note that your user status will appear in connection with your username. For example, should you receive a warning then a yellow card will appear on the post. Similarly, should you receive an infraction relating to your use of boards.ie, a red card will appear. Should you be banned from using boards.ie, the word \'Banned\' will appear under your username.


6.4 Your interactions with other users

Boards SoftwareLimited has no obligation to verify the identity of any users when they are connected to the site or to monitor Material provided by them.

Your interactions with other users, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and the other user.

As with any web-based interaction, we suggest that you use caution and good judgment. If there is a dispute between you and any third party (including any advertiser), we are under no obligation to become involved.

You are encouraged to exercise discretion when providing personal information about yourself on boards.ie. Any personal information which you volunteer in your public profile or post on the forums will be available worldwide to anyone with access to the website.

We recommend you never post your name, address, telephone number, email address or anything else that may lead someone to identify you if this is something you are uncomfortable with.

Please note that certain information (such as photographs) which you may choose to provide might reveal your gender, ethnic origin, nationality, religion and/or sexual orientation.

If you have an active boards.ie account you can request that your Personal Data be edited or deleted. This can be done by sending a Private Message (PM) to “Boards.ie: GDPR” (if for any reason you are unable to access or send a PM please email datarequests@boards.ie and we will get back to you with further instructions).

For closed accounts, all Personal Data will be deleted. Posts made by users whose accounts were subsequently closed cannot be associated with other information held by Boards.ie that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person and as such are not considered Personal Data.

In specific instances where the content of a post contains sensitive data or data that could be used to identify an individual and where the original poster no longer has an active boards.ie account you can request that we edit or delete the post; these requests will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.


  1. Closing your account and our right to ban accounts or remove user privileges

You can close your user account at any time. This process is irreversible and permanent.

Closing your account means we will delete your password, remove any email subscriptions or notifications you may receive, delete all Personal Data we hold about you and turn off your Private Messages. This process does not remove any posts you have made on the site and does not remove the IP address that is captured when each post is submitted.

The posts are retained as they are an intrinsic part of the thread in which they are posted and removing them may make the thread unreadable or make the other posts difficult to understand or follow. The IP addresses captured with each post are retained for anti-spamming purposes. It should be noted that post IP address cannot be linked with other data to identify the individual who made the post as all other data concerning that individual will have been permanently deleted upon account closure.

Boards.ie may at its absolute discretion refuse you access to the site and/or cancel/terminate your user privileges without prior notice for any reason and you shall not be entitled to any compensation in respect of cancellation/termination of your user privileges. If we disable your account you will not be entitled to create another account without our permission.

These Terms of Use, including our proprietary rights, disclaimer of warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability, choice of law and choice of forum, and miscellaneous provisions shall survive any termination of your user privileges.

Without limiting the foregoing, the following will lead to a suspension of your privileges on boards.ie:


  • breaches or violations of these Terms of Use or other Boards.ie guidelines
  • requests by law enforcement or other government agencies
  • unexpected technical issues or problems or
  • extended periods of inactivity

  1. Posting on boards.ie


8.1 Content posted on boards.ie

You are solely responsible for your conduct and any Material that you submit, post, and/or display on boards.ie. You agree not to post Material contrary to these Terms of Use or any applicable law.

Due to the real-time nature of boards.ie, Boards.ie cannot and is not required to review the contents of posted Material, nor does it confirm the validity of information submitted. Boards SoftwareLimited hereby notifies you that it does not actively monitor Material posted by users and, as such, is not responsible for and gives no warranty or representation in relation to Material posted by users.

Because community standards vary and individuals sometimes may not comply with our policies and guidelines, in the process of using boards.ie, you may be exposed to content that you find offensive or objectionable. Users are encouraged to bring any Material they deem offensive or objectionable to the attention of forum moderators by using the Report Post Feature identifying the specific Material you consider is objectionable. You must be logged in to boards.ie in order to report a post. For material that you consider objectionable you will be asked to give your reasons for wanting the Material removed.

Users are informed that if they deem Material to be defamatory or an infringement of their intellectual property rights they should inform boards.ie by emailing hello@boards.ie.


Do not use the Report Post Feature to report defamatory Material or Material which infringes your intellectual property rights.

You will be asked to give your reasons for wanting the Material removed. Please note that the Boards.ie offices are open for business from 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding national and public holidays in the Republic of Ireland. Any notifications received from users outside of the aforementioned hours will only be addressed upon the re-opening of the Boards.ie offices.

If another user defames, abuses, harasses, stalks, or threatens you or otherwise violates your rights on boards.ie please report the post to Boards.ie by emailing hello@boards.ie or by using the Report Post Feature identifying the specific Material you consider is objectionable.

Whilst we do not monitor Material posted by users, we reserve the right to take down Material that comes to our attention via a complaint or otherwise. Members who repeatedly flout our guidelines or these Terms of Use will be barred from joining discussions on boards.ie. You will not necessarily be notified when Material is removed or when you have been banned. Boards.ie will not enter into any correspondence with or about users who have been banned.

Boards.ie reserves the right to immediately ban a user if there has been a serious breach of our guidelines or these Terms of Use. All decisions in relation to these matters are carried out at the sole discretion of Boards.ie.

Boards.ie may be required to disclose your Personal Data (as such term is defined under the General Data Protection Regulation) when legally obliged to do so or when otherwise compelled to disclose such Personal Data – please see our Privacy Notice for further details.

We may, but are not obliged to, remove or limit access to Material from any user which breaches these Terms of Use.

You own all of the Material you post on Boards.ie and we do not claim ownership of that Material. However, we need your permission to be able to display that Material and in some cases to modify it for best display – for different browsers, for our mobile site, and so on.

Consequently, by posting any Material on or through boards.ie, you grant Boards SoftwareLimited a limited licence to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce, and distribute such Material. The licence you grant to Boards SoftwareLimited is non-exclusive, royalty free and fully paid, sub-licensable, and worldwide. This licence applies only to use of the Material for the purpose of providing the Boards.ie service. You also waive to the fullest extent permissible by law any moral rights in such Material. You are responsible for making sure that you have all rights to what you post, including the rights necessary for you to grant the licence above.

By posting any Material on boards.ie you represent and warrant that: (i) you own the Material posted by you or otherwise have the right to grant the licence above, and (ii) the posting of the Material does not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, intellectual property rights, confidentiality, contract rights or any other rights of any person. You agree to pay all royalties, fees, or any other monies owing any person by reason of any Material posted by you to or through boards.ie.

From time to time we may seek to use users\' Material for the purpose of advertising or marketing boards.ie.

Please do not post any information you are not happy to have publicly viewable on the site.

In order to ensure that threads and conversations are not disrupted, we do not generally remove Material which is uploaded to us. Consequently, you agree that your Material displayed on boards.ie may continue to appear on boards.ie, even after you have terminated your user privileges, closed your account or have had your user privileges terminated by boards.ie. This provision does not affect your rights under data protection law, as set out in our Privacy Notice.

To have original creative Material deleted, please contact the relevant forum moderator (by using the private messaging system available to all registered users when they are logged onto boards.ie) with a direct link to the relevant item and your request. We will delete it within 30 working days of your request, as far as is reasonably possible.

Please note that deletion of original creative Material applies only to Material you have uploaded to boards.ie. If you have posted a link on boards.ie to Material hosted elsewhere (such as Flickr or YouTube) then, as Boards.ie is not the host, you will have to contact the other site to have that Material deleted.

We cannot guarantee that other users will not use the ideas and information that you share. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don\'t want others to use, you must not post it on boards.ie. We are not responsible for a user\'s misuse or misappropriation of any content or information you post on boards.ie.


8.2 Defamatory Content

Boards.ie operates on a "notice and takedown" basis. If you believe that any content on boards.ie contains a defamatory statement, please notify Boards.ie immediately by emailing hello@boards.ie. Once this notification has been received, Boards.ie will use all reasonable endeavours to remove the defamatory content complained about within a reasonable period of time.

In the case of a genuine grievance which requires a legal response, Boards.ie can only release personal data about any of our members when requested by an investigating member of An Garda Síochána or on receipt of a court order.

Please note, if you threaten legal action against Boards.ie, by extension against Boards SoftwareLimited, your account will be site-banned by an Administrator until such time as the issue is resolved. This is strict site policy and is enforced by all moderators and Administrators.

Please note also that Boards.ie offices are open for business from 9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Take down requests received outside of the aforementioned hours will only be addressed upon the re-opening of Boards.ie offices.


8.3 Content infringing Intellectual Property Rights.

Boards.ie operates on a "notice and takedown" basis. If you believe that any content on boards.ie infringes your intellectual property rights, please notify Boards.ie immediately by emailing hello@boards.ie. Once this notification has been received, Boards.ie will use all reasonable endeavours to remove the infringing content complained about within a reasonable period of time.


8.4 Nuisance posts

Our first line of defence against nuisance posts is to delete them and to ban the user. Nuisance posts include potentially defamatory material, surreptitious advertising, any other posts which breach the posting guidelines and/or our Terms of Use and any form of messages, posts or emails deemed offensive by the administrators or moderators. In addition, where a user recommends the products or services of their employer, they should state their conflict of interest. Where they do not do so, we reserve the right to point out that the user appears to have a conflict of interest.

Where a nuisance poster persists, we reserve the right to use email addresses and IP addresses to identify the user and halt the nuisance.

Boards.ie does not condone personal abuse or harassment towards any member. Boards.ie does not condone defamatory posts directed at any individual or company. If someone else has posted material about you on boards.ie without your permission and you would like to request that it be removed please contact us at hello@boards.ie.


  1. Feedback, suggestions and submissions about boards.ie

From time to time users contact us with feedback, suggestions and submissions about boards.ie and how to improve the site and services we offer. Boards.ie welcomes the input, and the following terms ensure that we can use your contributions to improve boards.ie.

You do not have to submit anything to Boards.ie about boards.ie, but if you do you acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback, or any other submissions to Boards.ie which may improve our products, services, or offerings shall become the property of Boards SoftwareLimited unless otherwise agreed by Boards SoftwareLimited.

By making a submission to boards.ie about boards.ie, you grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual, unlimited, assignable, sub licensable, fully paid up and royalty-free right to Boards SoftwareLimited to copy, prepare derivative works from, improve, distribute, publish, remove, retain, add, and use and commercialise, in any way now known or in the future discovered, anything that you submit to Boards.ie, without any further consent, notice and/or compensation to you or to any third parties.

If you do not want to grant Boards SoftwareLimited the rights set out above, please do not make 

submissions to Boards.ie.


  1. Content of advertisements on boards.ie

You acknowledge that Material presented to you by boards.ie, advertisers, or other users may be protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights or other intellectual property right and laws. All copyright and other proprietary notices in the Material must be left intact.


  1. Links to and content of third party sites


11.1 Links to other websites

Boards.ie contains links to other websites operated by third parties over whom Boards SoftwareLimited has no control. Such links are provided for your convenience only and Boards Software accepts no responsibility or liability in respect of the content or use of other websites. Such links do not amount to an endorsement or recommendation of these sites by Boards Software. Boards Software Limited does not exercise any control or supervision over the content of these linked sites.

Boards Software Limited is not responsible for the content or accuracy of or for the opinions expressed in these third party websites and these websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by Boards.ie.

Some of these sites may contain materials that are objectionable, unlawful, or inaccurate. The fact that these links appear does not mean that Boards.ie endorses these third party sites or services.

If you do decide to leave the boards.ie site and access third party sites you do so at your own risk. Third party sites linked via the boards.ie site are not covered by these Terms of Use or the Boards.ie Privacy Notice.


11.2 Links to boards.ie and Associated Websites

Boards.ie and its parent company and associated companies permit third parties to link to boards.ie so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party\'s site.

By linking to boards.ie you hereby authorise Boards.ie to link to any website owned or controlled by you.


11.3 Third Party Content

The inclusion of any content from other sites, either quoted directly or linked to ("Third Party Content") on boards.ie does not imply any affiliation or endorsement of such Third Party Content by Boards SoftwareLimited.

You understand that by using boards.ie you may be exposed to Third Party Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable.

Because Boards.ie does not control third party sites, you agree that Boards SoftwareLimited is not responsible for any such Third Party Content and that this is the sole responsibility of the person from which such Third Party Content originated, and Boards.ie has no obligation to monitor such Third Party Content.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Boards Software reserves the right, but shall have no obligation, to pre-screen, filter, remove, refuse to accept, post, display or transmit any Third Party Content in whole or part at any time for any reason or no reason with or without notice and with no liability of any kind.


  1. Intellectual property

All intellectual property rights in the website design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof and all software vest in Boards SoftwareLimited unless otherwise indicated. Boards Software reserves all of its rights.

The above does not include Materials which are the property of advertisers or users.

You acknowledge that all trademarks, trade names, service marks, rights (registered or unregistered) in any designs, applications for any of the foregoing; trade or business names; innovations, inventions whether or not capable of protection by patent or registration, registered design and topography rights; know-how, including data specifications, drawings and instructions; secret formulae and processes; rights protecting goodwill and reputation; database rights and rights under licences and consents in relation to such things, rights in the nature of unfair competition rights, and rights to sue for passing of and all rights or forms of protection of a similar nature to any of the foregoing or having equivalent effect anywhere in the world and all copyright, trademarks and other intellectual property rights in and relating to boards.ie (collectively "Intellectual Property") are solely owned by Boards Software Limited.

You may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, the Material at boards.ie without the written permission of Boards SoftwareLimited.


Advertising on boards.ie


  1. Advertising and Verified Representatives.

Boards.ie is a free service offered to our users and, as such, Boards.ie solely relies on revenue generated from advertisements served on the site to be financially sustainable and continue in business. Therefore, in agreeing to these Terms of Use you agree that Boards SoftwareLimited may serve advertisements on site or work with a third party to serve the advertisements, including personalised ads, and may implement anonymised site analytics functionality on the site. Advertisements placed on boards.ie may include but are not limited to banner ads, paid links, pop-up windows, buttons and sponsorships. These advertisements use "non personally identifiable information". They do not use personal data about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. For further information, please see our Cookie Policy.

You agree that Boards SoftwareLimited has the right to run such advertisements and promotions on boards.ie.


13.1 For users:

Boards.ie does not control services which are supplied by third parties and the inclusion of advertising or sponsorship does not imply endorsement or recommendation of the third party by us or any association with that third party. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that Material complies with international and national law. Boards SoftwareLimited does not give any warranty, guarantee nor make any representation regarding any advertisement or any merchandise, product or service offered or provided by third party companies advertising or interacting on boards.ie.

You may report any advertisement or content you feel is unsuitable for boards.ie to us, on the understanding that its removal is at our sole discretion.

You can choose to opt in or opt out of the serving of personalised advertisements on boards.ie, however you cannot opt out of the serving of non-personalised ads. To change your preferences regarding personalised ads please go to http://www.youronlinec...m/ie/your-ad-choices. Please note that these changes will apply not just to boards.ie but to other sites you may also visit.

Your correspondence or business dealing with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers or third parties found on or through boards.ie, including payment for and delivery of related goods or services, and any other representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser or third party.

You agree that Boards SoftwareLimited shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or third parties on boards.ie.




13.2 Commercial Activity, Verified Representatives and "Talk to..." Forums:

You must seek permission from Boards SoftwareLimited before carrying out any commercial activity on boards.ie. Any person or company attempting to advertise or otherwise promote themselves who has not been authorised by us will have their user accounts banned and their posts deleted. By using boards.ie for any commercial activity you agree to the following additional terms.

Boards.ie provides a platform for commercial representatives ("Verified Representatives") to engage with users on boards.ie. We allow authorised Verified Representatives to post relevant, appropriate content to our forums or blog on the understanding that we make no guarantee of traffic, engagement and/or uptake by Boards.ie users. We reserve the right to choose whom we allow to take part.

All content posted by Verified Representatives must be in compliance with these Terms of Use and our guidelines. The charter of each forum must also be followed in relation to the type of content and level of commercial interaction which is acceptable there. The charter will be displayed prominently in the relevant forum.

We reserve the right to remove any Material that contravenes these Terms of Use, our guidelines, other boards.ie rules or forum charters.

By becoming a Verified Representative, you agree that:

  1. You are responsible for your presence on boards.ie, for your adherence to the rules and guidelines on boards.ie and for the content you post. Boards SoftwareLimited is not responsible for the content posted by Verified Representatives
  2. You are subject to the rules of boards.ie (including these Terms of Use) as well as the forum charters and boards.ie guidelines. Your presence as an advertiser or Verified Representative does not grant you any privileges to break rules in the forums.
  3. You will use the personal information you receive from boards.ie users only for the purpose of answering a question, resolving an issue or other specified action. Under no circumstances will you use this data for any marketing activity without the express permission of the boards.ie user.
  4. You will make it clear to users what user data you are going to use and how you will use, display, or share that data.
  5. You will delete all user data you received from boards.ie if we disable your account or ask you to do so
  6. You will provide customer support. You will make it easy for users to contact you. You will deal with any questions or issues on thread where appropriate. You will not try to evade answering reasonable queries. We can also share your email address with users if appropriate, and with your prior consent
  7. You will not show ads on your boards.ie presence except with the prior permission of Boards Software Limited
  8. You will not misrepresent your relationship with boards.ie to others.
  9. You may use the logos we make or issue a press release or other public statement relating to your use of boards.ie only with the prior written permission of Boards.ie
  10. Boards SoftwareLimited can issue a press release describing our relationship with you.
  11. Boards SoftwareLimited can measure your content, data and interaction on Boards.ie for any purpose, including commercial (such as for case studies and presentations).
  12. For all enquiries about advertising or commercial activity on boards.ie, please contact hello@boards.ie 


Rights of Boards.ie


Our rights and responsibilities


14.1 Liability and accuracy:

Boards Software Limited does not give any warranty or make any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on boards.ie. Material posted on boards.ie is not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. Boards SoftwareLimited therefore disclaims all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such Material by any user, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents. Although rigorous protocols are applied to boards.ie we do not make any warranty that boards.ie is free from infection by viruses or anything else that has contaminating or disruptive properties. Under no circumstances shall we be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond our reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labour disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labour or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in electricity or other utility supply.

  1. Boards SoftwareLimited does not give any warranty or make any representation as to the identity of any user on boards.ie. Any use of, or reliance placed on, any content or Materials posted to boards.ie by any user, or obtained by you through boards.ie, is at your own risk.
  2. Boards.ie may offer Verified Representative Accounts to individuals that represent organisations. We may obtain certain documentation to reasonably establish authenticity and to satisfy ourselves of these individuals\' identity and authority to represent organisations. We do not give any warranty or make any representation that Verified Representatives express the views or opinions of the organisations which they represent. Users who purport to represent organisations, but do not have a Verified Representative account are operating outside of these Terms of Use and have not attempted to establish their authenticity with us.
  3. Users of boards.ie should satisfy themselves as to the accuracy, completeness and reliability of the information contained on boards.ie and, where applicable, as to the identity of other users.
  4. Under no conditions and in no event shall Boards SoftwareLimited be liable for any direct or indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or loss howsoever arising, (including but not limited to negligence or breach of these Terms of Use or otherwise) or for any loss of data, profit, revenue, goodwill or business howsoever caused even if that loss or damage was foreseeable by us, or the possibility of it was brought to our attention.

  5. 14.2 Users:
  6. Boards SoftwareLimited may at its sole discretion for any reason (i) disable or deactivate your account, block your email or IP address, or otherwise terminate your access to or use of boards.ie, (ii) remove and discard any posts or Material within any thread or anywhere on boards.ie or (iii) shut down a discussion, thread or forum that you are involved in, with or without notice, and with no liability of any kind to you.

  • 14.3 Availability of service:
  • Boards SoftwareLimited may at its sole discretion and at any time, discontinue temporarily or permanently providing boards.ie, or any part thereof, with or without notice.
  • You agree that any termination of access to boards.ie under any provision of these Terms of Use may be effected without notice, and acknowledge and agree that Boards SoftwareLimited may immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to such files or boards.ie.
  • Boards.ie may be temporarily unavailable from time to time for maintenance or other reasons. We accept no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in transmission, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of user communications.
  • Where possible, we will use reasonable efforts to give users fair notice of technical difficulties or termination or suspension of their access to boards.ie. However you agree that Boards SoftwareLimited shall not be liable to you or any third party for any inability to access boards.ie, termination or suspension of access to boards.ie or modification of the service provided by boards.ie.

  • 14.4 Indemnity and waiver
  • You agree to indemnify, defend (at the request of Boards SoftwareLimited), and hold harmless Boards SoftwareLimited our investors, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, contractors, employees, servants, moderators, third-party advertisers, technology providers, service providers or other partners, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, shareholders, employees and representatives, from and against any third party claim, demand, loss, damage, cost, or liability including reasonable legal expenses, made or brought by any third party due to or arising out of:
  • Your use of boards.ie or any part thereof
  • The violation of these Terms of Use, our Privacy Statement, our guidelines by you
  • The infringement or misappropriation by you, or a third party using your computer, of any account or password to access and/or use boards.ie
  • The infringement of any intellectual property rights of any person or entity

You acknowledge that your use of boards.ie including any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through boards.ie is at your own discretion and risk and you agree to waive any right to bring any claim or action against Boards SoftwareLimited, our investors, successors, assignees, subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, contractors, employees, servants, third-party advertisers, technology providers, service providers or other partners, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, shareholders, employees and representatives for any loss, damage, costs or injury arising from such use.


15. Entire agreement

These Terms of Use and our Privacy Notice make up the entire agreement between you and Boards.ie and Boards SoftwareLimited and supersede any prior agreement.


16. No partnerships/joint ventures

Nothing in these Terms of Use, our Privacy Statement and/or our Comments Policy shall be construed as forming a partnership or joint venture with you. No third party shall have the right or ability to create any obligation on our behalf.


17. Governing law

The agreement shall be governed by Irish law and you consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts in all matters regarding this agreement and your use of boards.ie.


18. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be void, invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions will continue to be of full force and effect.


19. No waiver

Any amendment to or waiver of these Terms of Use must be in writing and signed by an authorised representative of Boards SoftwareLimited. Failure to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not amount to a waiver of such provision.


21. Additional information

These Terms of Use should be read in conjunction with the Boards.ie Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy.


22. Contacting Boards.ie

You can contact us in relation to these Terms of Use in the following ways:

Using our contact page: Contact pageEmail: hello@boards.ie

By post: Boards.ie Limited, 4th Floor, Latin Hall, Golden Lane, Dublin 8

We welcome your feedback on this document and thank you for using Boards.ie!

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