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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,879 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    COYVB wrote: »
    They're perfectly entitled to be against it, nobody is saying they aren't. But are they perfectly entitled to force their religious beliefs (and these ARE religious beliefs for the most part) upon people who want no part in their religion?

    My point is this. What you do in the comfort of your own home is your business. You can have consensual relations with whoever you please using what every freaky aids you can find.
    Should you want to marry someone, no-one should force you not to.

    But, if I knew of say a serial killer who was killing children, I wouldn't be ok with that. If I knew of someone performing ritual sacrifice, I wouldn't be ok with that.

    Likewise if I believe that abortion is actually a little baby getting killed, I wouldn't be ok with that. I couldn't. I could never believe that it's ok to kill a baby and neither could you. No matter what the other persons belief was, yiou just couldn't sanction that actual killing of children.

    The thing is that you and I are ok with it because we know that it isn't a child. But I can understand if someone believed it was why they'd want to force their beliefs. And it's pretty much the only time I can see why they're doing it.

    The issue isn't whether or not they should force their beliefs, it what's their beliefs are. And that's what should be discussed.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,253 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    brokenarms wrote: »
    What do ye all expect. Legal murder of babies is not really the correct direction for us.

    And what ever way you look at it.

    That's what it is. Split hairs if you may. But at the end of the procedure, a baby is minced .

    Feck that.
    don't forget, they keep telling us it's not a baby but a foetus.
    I still believe the world is flat as well.
    Pharoah and Herod had their reasonings as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭robman60


    B0jangles wrote: »
    People generally acquire more information and facts with time, not fewer, unless they wilfully ignore opportunities to learn or simply choose to reject facts they don't like.

    Of course people acquire more information with time. That information can influence a person either way, however. It's pretentious of you to presume I haven't investigated this subject thoroughly just because I'm younger than you. In general, the more I've learned the more opposed to abortion I've become, and that comes with reading both pro-choice and pro-life information, as well as unbiased information, if such a thing exists regarding abortion. :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,479 ✭✭✭✭philologos


    I wish the pro life campaigners put their efforts into educating young girls about safe sex, a lot of Irish women already have abortions, just because they have to go abroad doesn't mean that it's not uncommon.
    I know most of them don't want to encourage sex before marriage but if they cared so much for the innocent lives (as they it) surely condoms are the lesser of two evils.

    I think minimising abortion by contraceptives or any other means should be important, but the only 100% iron clad way of ensuring that unplanned pregnancies wouldn't take place would be if people didn't have sex before they were in a stable marriage, but then again, the world doesn't like to hear this as a possibility.

    I'd put it to you that a lot of pro-life people do this already. Admittedly probably not the devout Roman Catholic sort though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,182 ✭✭✭dvpower


    philologos wrote: »
    I think minimising abortion by contraceptives or any other means should be important, but the only 100% iron clad way of ensuring that unplanned pregnancies wouldn't take place would be if people didn't have sex before they were in a stable marriage, but then again, the world doesn't like to hear this as a possibility.

    I'd put it to you that a lot of pro-life people do this already. Admittedly probably not the devout Roman Catholic sort though.
    People in stable marriages also have unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,824 ✭✭✭ShooterSF


    Grayson wrote: »
    My point is this. What you do in the comfort of your own home is your business. You can have consensual relations with whoever you please using what every freaky aids you can find.
    Should you want to marry someone, no-one should force you not to.

    But, if I knew of say a serial killer who was killing children, I wouldn't be ok with that. If I knew of someone performing ritual sacrifice, I wouldn't be ok with that.

    Likewise if I believe that abortion is actually a little baby getting killed, I wouldn't be ok with that. I couldn't. I could never believe that it's ok to kill a baby and neither could you. No matter what the other persons belief was, yiou just couldn't sanction that actual killing of children.

    The thing is that you and I are ok with it because we know that it isn't a child. But I can understand if someone believed it was why they'd want to force their beliefs. And it's pretty much the only time I can see why they're doing it.

    The issue isn't whether or not they should force their beliefs, it what's their beliefs are. And that's what should be discussed.

    And if that is truly their beliefs why aren't they marching to have the government hold a referendum to make it illegal again for a woman to travel abroad for an abortion like we still have with regard assisted suicide? But they won't because they know their support would drop off pretty fast. For most of them all they care about is imposing their religion on others, that's why the life institute and youth defense etc. don't spend any effort lobbying for better conditions for youth that are actually alive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭King of Kings


    I know most of them don't want to encourage sex before marriage but if they cared so much for the innocent lives (as they it) surely condoms are the lesser of two evils.

    how do you know their opinion on sex,sex before marriage or contraceptives?
    Do you know mine?

    people are just hellbent to brand all anti abortion people under a label (since it's boards it's usually a derogitory one) - they're actually quite a diverse bunch - from liberal thinkers to disenfranchised nutcases.
    They hold differing views on a host of issues - one issue unites them (it's even a stretch to say that)

    Quite not too dis-similiar to the pro-choice lobby if people here were honest they'd actually cop that on.

    But why let the truth ruin the fun of talking ****e.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    Grayson wrote: »

    Likewise if I believe that abortion is actually a little baby getting killed, I wouldn't be ok with that. I couldn't. I could never believe that it's ok to kill a baby and neither could you. No matter what the other persons belief was, yiou just couldn't sanction that actual killing of children.

    The difference is that as long as the fetus/embryo/baby/whatever you want to call it is dependent on the mother for its survival, that is to say cannot survive outside her body independently, then it is, if you pardon the callous connotations of the word, a parasite


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,653 ✭✭✭✭amdublin


    I was one of the 100 pro-choice counter demonstration.

    My god those pro-lifers are scary!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Talk of "religious zealots" and "gobsh*tes* really does the pro-choice argument no favours. You simply can't assume that every person involved in this protest was either stupid or a religious fundamentalist, or both. Given the numbers involved, and the small population of this country, it's unlikely that this was the case.

    It's generally a bad idea to assume that the person you're arguing against is stupid, and it's particularly so in such an emotive argument, where people are going to get very defensive, and that will bring down the level of debate on both sides.

    Let's look at these assumptions:

    1. Were many of these people religious zealots? Doubtful. There's very little Christian zeal in Ireland, or many other European countries. Go to America and parts of Africa, and it would be understandable to assume that people involved in such a protest would be religious zealots, as in those places one is more likely to find fundamentalist strains of Christianity.
    But there are very few dogmatic Christians in Ireland. For most religious practitioners here, religion is more of a casual social affair, Mass a place to meet people and have a chat on Sunday before heading for a few pints.
    Many people also go along out of habit, as that's what they, their parents, and most people they know have done.
    Religion doesn't occupy their thoughts a lot, they don't go around quoting scripture, and they're not full of hate, like many religious fundamentalists.
    Many such Irish people would oppose abortion simply as it's the Church's position, or because it conforms to their generally conservative views.
    Of course there are some spiteful extremist Youth Defence types, but your average Irish churchgoer isn't like that.

    2. Are people who oppose abortion stupid? Not necessarily. One does not have to stupid to be religious in general. The human brain has an amazing ability to compartmentalise information. A person can believe something that clearly seems irrational, yet simultaneously be highly intelligent and rational in other ways. There have been many great scientists and philosophers who were also devoutly religious.
    But does one necessarily have to be stupid to oppose abortion? No. Even though it's an opinion I don't agree with, I can easily understand how someone can believe that life begins at conception, and that therefore killing an unborn child is murder. It amazes me how so many ethicists grapple with the issue of when life begins and the morality of abortion, yet so many ordinary people (on both sides) have realised that it's apparently a simple black and white issue.

    As for the question of whether a small number of people have the right to impose their religious beliefs on other people through legislation: of course they don't.
    But do the goverment have that right?: of course they do, within the bounds of Irish and international law.
    People might not like the idea of religion influencing political decisions, but the reality is that no political decisions are made without bias, be they social, racial or religious biases, to give but a few examples.
    People might not like it if democratically-elected politicians make decisions which are influenced by their beliefs, and they have the right to protest against those decisions, but the government has the right to make legislation which has been influenced by religion.


    This is why I usually avoid threads on abortion. There's so little rational debate compared to other issues, because too many people on both sides of the debate simply assume that those they're arguing against are completely wrong and/or stupid.

    So the next time you're arguing with someone about abortion, don't ask them why they want to control women's reproductive systems, because that's probably not what they're thinking about.
    A better question would be "Why do you oppose abortion?"


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭B0jangles


    robman60 wrote: »
    Of course people acquire more information with time. That information can influence a person either way, however. It's pretentious of you to presume I haven't investigated this subject thoroughly just because I'm younger than you. In general, the more I've learned the more opposed to abortion I've become, and that comes with reading both pro-choice and pro-life information, as well as unbiased information, if such a thing exists regarding abortion. :rolleyes:

    But I'm really a wordy and pretentious twelve-year old!

    No but seriously, did not meant to be patronising, I'm just going by my own experience and those of many of my contemporaries; issues which seem straightforward right-or-wrong scenarios do start revealing their complexities when they become issues which directly affect your own life.

    For example; a woman is pregnant with a fetus which she has been told has fatal abnormalities - should she be required to bring that pregnancy to term - carry for 9 months and then deliver a baby she knows will die minutes later?

    That what is legal in Ireland at the moment.

    Or a woman with a severe alcohol/drug problem becomes pregnant. She is afraid that her addiction will seriously (or indeed already has) damage/d the fetus she is carrying, She is not confident she will be able to control her addiction long enough for the baby to be delivered unharmed. She feels that it would be better to abort the pregnancy early rather than face the strong possibility that her addiction will seriously injure the fetus she is carrying and cause lifelong problems to the baby that will be born.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    it just shows still the sicken hold the church still has on the population, still listening to the big man in Rome over basic common sense


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭CillianL


    Does anyone have an idea why at the last few pro-life rallies there has been a lot of young women?

    Seems a bit strange to be honest.

    In Ireland the abortion issue is a bit like telling kids not to drink in the house but leaving the option to drink next door in the neigbours. I don't personally think abortion on demand is a nice thing but we should admit that thousands of women are going to England every year for those abortions so we may as well legalize it and recognise the reality that's there


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 425 ✭✭gingernut125



    how do you know their opinion on sex,sex before marriage or contraceptives?
    Do you know mine?

    people are just hellbent to brand all anti abortion people under a label (since it's boards it's usually a derogitory one) - they're actually quite a diverse bunch - from liberal thinkers to disenfranchised nutcases.
    They hold differs views on a host of issues - one issue unites them (it's even a stretch to say that)

    Quite not too dis-similiar to the pro-choice lobby if people here were honest they'd actually cop that on.

    But why let the truth ruin the fun of talking ****e.

    I said most


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    robman60 wrote: »
    I find that insulting frankly. While I'm aware that people's views change, that's mainly due to ignorance regarding facts/having an opinion in order to conform originally.

    I've heard the argument from both sides, and only one seems right to me.

    I used to be anti divorce, pro life, dana supporting at 17; I grew out of that and would now be completely the opposite

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,859 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    it just shows still the sicken hold the church still has on the population, still listening to the big man in Rome over basic common sense
    So says the mod of mythology.:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭otto_26


    COYVB wrote: »
    This is the most baffling thing about it. Bringing in a Pro Choice law for abortion would in no way change anything about the way Pro Life people go about their day to day lives. They'd still be against abortion, and that's absolutely fine, because nobody would force or encourage them to have them - that's where the CHOICE bit comes in. It's always really confused me how they don't get that.

    Allowing other people to do things that your religion doesn't allow doesn't have any affect on those who follow that religion. None at all.

    I think we should bring in gun laws to allow everyone to bare firearms easily like hand guns and machine guns from the age of 18, also new laws which allow me to shoot anyone I think might be a danger to me on my property.

    But people are against this on a moral ground they say its not the right thing to do. People say they could get shot on the street but I say you can get beaten to dead on the street, people have the tools to beat people to death just like having a gun to shoot someone, so what difference would it make. People don't just shoot someone because they have a gun, like they don't just beat someone to death because they have a Hurley.

    This is the most baffling thing about it. Bringing in a Pro guns laws for people would in no way change anything about the way anti-gun people go about their day to day lives. They'd still be against gun laws, and that's absolutely fine, because nobody would force or encourage them to have them - that's where the CHOICE bit comes in. It's always really confused me how they don't get that.

    It's my right as an 18 year old man to carry a machine gun with me if I CHOOSE. Nobody has the right to tell me otherwise especially not on moral ground.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    amdublin wrote: »

    My god those pro-lifers are scary!

    Some of the 400 signees of the Dublin declaration were there.
    Dr. Eoghan de Faoite: I begin by saying that, yes, I am a democrat. I believe in the democratic process and I respect it. Two questions were directly raised about the recent international symposium on maternal health care that I was directly involved with and about the declaration that came out of that. Members wanted further elaboration. On 8 September last, a symposium on maternal health was held in Dublin. It was chiefly organised by Professor Eamon O'Dwyer of the National University of Ireland, Galway, who is one of Ireland's most senior obstetricians and has an absolutely impeccable track record of obstetric care. That symposium was addressed by international experts in the field of maternal health care, emergency obstetrics and cancer in pregnancy. We had the world's leading expert in cancer in pregnancy, Professor Frédéric Amant from Belgium, come to address that conference, which was extremely well attended, with over 160 medical practitioners attending.

    At the end of that symposium a declaration, which is now commonly known as the Dublin declaration, was released. I will not read it in its entirety but it has three main points. The first point is that abortion is never medically necessary - the direct and intentional termination of the life of the unborn child is not medically necessary. Second, there is a fundamental difference between abortion and emergency treatment or any other medical treatment a woman may need to save her life. Third, the prohibition of abortion does not affect, in any way, the availability of optimal care to pregnant women. That declaration has been released in the past few weeks and, to date, 400 medical practitioners have signed up in support of that declaration.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Noodleworm


    There is no lack of information on the failings of abstinence education, or how comprehensive honest sex ed is the best option.
    I'm pro choice, and I'm fine for peoples beliefs, but when at the counter protest yesterday I was sickened by the amount of money being spent. Thousands of signs printed, screens, sound systems, busses. They could be spending that money on , i don't know, say.. sex ed, childcare, parenting classes, food for disadvantaged families, etc etc. Things that actually prevent abortion.

    Id like to see what kind of turn out they'd have without all that american money.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    otto_26 wrote: »
    I think we should bring in gun laws to allow everyone to bare firearms easily like hand guns and machine guns from the age of 18, also new laws which allow me to shoot anyone I think might be a danger to me on my property.

    But people are against this on a moral ground they say its not the right thing to do. People say they could get shot on the street but I say you can get beaten to dead on the street, people have the tools to beat people to death just like having a gun to shoot someone, so what difference would it make. People don't just shoot someone because they have a gun, like they don't just beat someone to death because they have a Hurley.

    This is the most baffling thing about it. Bringing in a Pro guns laws for people would in no way change anything about the way anti-gun people go about their day to day lives. They'd still be against gun laws, and that's absolutely fine, because nobody would force or encourage them to have them - that's where the CHOICE bit comes in. It's always really confused me how they don't get that.

    It's my right as an 18 year old man to carry a machine gun with me if I CHOOSE. Nobody has the right to tell me otherwise especially not on moral ground.:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    You carrying a machine guy with you on your person is a risk to me, as a person, and to the greater community. Someone could liberate it from your possession and use it for nefarious means. Therefore restricting the firearms restrictions in Ireland can adversely affect the population of the country. That's quite a bit different to abortion, which is the removal of an embryonic life form that cannot sustain it's life without the support of a mother. The mother should not be forced to sustain that embryo if she doesn't want to.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    squod wrote: »
    Some of the 400 signees of the Dublin declaration were there.

    They're still scary; Dublin declaration or not

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,859 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    I wish the pro life campaigners put their efforts into educating young girls about safe sex, a lot of Irish women already have abortions, just because they have to go abroad doesn't mean that it's not uncommon.
    I know most of them don't want to encourage sex before marriage but if they cared so much for the innocent lives (as they see it) surely condoms are the lesser of two evils.
    I think you could address this point to both sides of the debate in fairness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭otto_26


    COYVB wrote: »
    I think you'll find freedom of speech is fine, it's people dictating how others should live their lives based on their religious beliefs where the line gets drawn.

    I'm confused I'm pro life and I am not religious....:eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,229 ✭✭✭robman60


    B0jangles wrote: »
    But I'm really a wordy and pretentious twelve-year old!

    No but seriously, did not meant to be patronising, I'm just going by my own experience and those of many of my contemporaries; issues which seem straightforward right-or-wrong scenarios do start revealing their complexities when they become issues which directly affect your own life.

    For example; a woman is pregnant with a fetus which she has been told has fatal abnormalities - should she be required to bring that pregnancy to term - carry for 9 months and then deliver a baby she knows will die minutes later?

    That what is legal in Ireland at the moment.

    Or a woman with a severe alcohol/drug problem becomes pregnant. She is afraid that her addiction will seriously (or indeed already has) damage/d the fetus she is carrying, She is not confident she will be able to control her addiction long enough for the baby to be delivered unharmed. She feels that it would be better to abort the pregnancy early rather than face the strong possibility that her addiction will seriously injure the fetus she is carrying and cause lifelong problems to the baby that will be born.
    I think the fatal fetal abnormality scenario is not the most contentious issue in the abortion debate. The fact that the child is not compatible with life makes it somewhat more acceptable to abort. Personally, I'm still against dictating when the child should die, but counter arguments regarding this very specific case are rational too, and I acknowledge that.

    Your second case is an intrinsic one, but I don't think the possibility of illness or presence of illness are legitimate grounds for abortion. It would also be absolutely impossible to legislate for such a scenario, without implementing a more liberal abortion regime.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    otto_26 wrote: »
    I'm confused I'm pro life and I am not religious....:eek:

    Who said you were religious?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 518 ✭✭✭otto_26


    COYVB wrote: »
    You carrying a machine guy with you on your person is a risk to me, as a person, and to the greater community. Someone could liberate it from your possession and use it for nefarious means. Therefore restricting the firearms restrictions in Ireland can adversely affect the population of the country. That's quite a bit different to abortion, which is the removal of an embryonic life form that cannot sustain it's life without the support of a mother. The mother should not be forced to sustain that embryo if she doesn't want to.

    Just like someone could liberate my Hurley from my possession and beat you to death with it... What's your point?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,859 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    I used to be anti divorce, pro life, dana supporting at 17; I grew out of that and would now be completely the opposite
    Pro death?

    +1 re Dana, some of her later stuff was just not up to scratch.
    Jumped the shark around 1982.:cool:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    Pro death?

    +1 re Dana, some of her later stuff was just not up to scratch.
    Jumped the shark around 1982.:cool:

    Oh ffs - the opposite of pro life equals pro choice

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭COYVB


    otto_26 wrote: »
    Just like someone could liberate my Hurley from my possession and beat you to death with it... What's your point?

    A gun is made for shooting things, a hurley is made for hitting a sliotar. Technically, you could use a gun to hit a sliotar too, and you could use a hurley to beat someone, but that's not what they're made for


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭King of Kings


    I said most

    yes , you did and i'm calling you out on that cos it's horse**** stereotyping.

    you do not know their views on anything beyond abortion.


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  • 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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