Terms of Use

Introduction

Please ensure that you (referred to as the user , you or your ) read these terms and conditions of use carefully as they govern your use of and access to the DTES world wide web site at www.DTES.ie (this site). If you do not accept these terms and conditions of use, please do not use this site.

If you continue to browse and use this site you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by these terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy and security statement govern our relationship with you in relation to this site.

Site Ownership
This Site is owned by the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (referred to as Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, we, us or our), which expression also includes, where the context requires, our third party suppliers and any other party involved with the provision or maintenance of this Site.
Site Operation

This Site is controlled and operated by Easytrip Services Ireland on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. The content appearing on the pages of this Site (referred to as information or materials) is provided in accordance with and subject to the laws of Ireland. If any material on this Site, or your use of this Site, is contrary to the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located then this Site is not intended for your use and we ask that you do not use this Site. When using this Site, you are responsible for compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located and you agree to comply with all local laws regarding on-line conduct and acceptable content.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland reserves the right to suspend, discontinue or terminate your access and use of this Site, including any features available on this Site, at any time, which right it may exercise with or without notice to you. If given, notice will be sent to your e-mail address as notified to Transport Infrastructure Ireland and will be deemed served two (2) hours after transmission by us.

Site Information, Purpose and Updates

You acknowledge and agree that the information on this Site is providing for general information purposes only. The information contained on this Site is not intended to address your particular requirements, or to constitute any offer, promotion, or solicitation to Users to buy or sell any products or services. Products and services are only sold on this Site in compliance with the laws of the particular jurisdictions in which they are sold.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland reserves the right to terminate, change, suspend or discontinue this Site (including any aspect of this Site), the information provided on the pages of this Site and these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE at any time without notification or liability to you. You should periodically review these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE as they will specify the latest date on which they have been amended. If you continue to browse and use this Site after a change to these TERMS AND CONDITIONS USE you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the updated version of these TERMS AND CONDITION OF USE.

Disclaimer

Although Transport Infrastructure Ireland has taken all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy, currency, availability, security, correctness and completeness of the information contained on this Site, you acknowledge and agree that this information is provided by us on an ‘as is’, ‘with all faults’ and ‘as available’ basis. We make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, and shall have no responsibility for, the completeness, accuracy, reliability, security, suitability or availability (including interruptions to the availability) with respect to this Site or the information, products, services or related graphics or content contained on this Site for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Transport Infrastructure Ireland disclaims and excludes all and any representations, warranties, conditions and terms of any kind (excepting duties of good faith), whether express or implied, in relation to this Site or the information contained on this Site. 

In no event shall Transport Infrastructure Ireland be liable for any loss or damage, including, without limitation, special, incidental, indirect or consequential loss or damage, howsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of, or access to, this Site, whether authorised or not, even if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has been advised of the possibility of any such loss or damage. Transport Infrastructure Ireland’ s liability in respect of direct loss or damage, howsoever arising out of or in connection with the use of, or access to, information on this Site whether authorised or not, shall be limited to the correction or replacement of the relevant information by the Transport Infrastructure Ireland. 

If you download any material from this site you do so at your own discretion and risk. You shall be solely responsible for any loss or damage, including without limitation, loss of data or damage to your computer system resulting from such downloading of material. We take no responsibility, and will not be liable, for any loss or damage resulting from such downloading of material. 

Nothing in these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE excludes or limits the Transport Infrastructure Ireland ’s liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or any liability arising from our fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or wilful default or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by Irish law. 

Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Transport Infrastructure Ireland operates this Site on a “notice and takedown” basis. If you believe that any content on this Site infringes your rights or the right of a third party, or otherwise breaches these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE please notify us immediately. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any content posted on this Site, where an alleged infringement of a third party’s rights or breach of these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE is brought to our attention, we may take steps to edit or remove the relevant content.

Links to Other Sites

Certain links on this Site lead to World Wide Web sites maintained by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience to you only. We have not reviewed the information available on such linked sites and have no responsibility for the availability or content of any such linked sites (or sites linked to from such linked sites) or any products or services that may be offered through any such linked sites. Third party linked sites may contain information with which Transport Infrastructure Ireland does or does not agree and links to such third party sites do not signify an endorsement in any way whatsoever of the content or information available on such third party linked sites by Transport Infrastructure Ireland . Different terms and conditions may apply to your use of any linked sites. 

Once you have used these links to leave this Site, you should note that we do not have any control over other websites. Therefore we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting any other websites (including the linked sites). 

Please also not that you may not frame or link to this Site without the prior written approval of Transport Infrastructure Ireland.

Electronic Mail, Security and Privacy

Transport Infrastructure Ireland has taken commercially reasonable steps to ensure the security of your communications with this Site, details of which are set out in Transport Infrastructure Ireland privacy and security statement. This privacy and security statement does not apply to third party sites. 

In accessing this Site each User accepts that electronic mail or other communications passing over the Internet may not be free from interference by third parties. In consequence, you acknowledge that Transport Infrastructure Ireland cannot guarantee the privacy, security or confidentiality of any information relating to the User passing over the Internet and that Transport Infrastructure Ireland is not liable for any loss or damage arising out of or in connection with any communications between you and Transport Infrastructure Ireland passing over the Internet or any communications from you directed to this Site. 

While Transport Infrastructure Ireland is bound by applicable data protection legislation, information which is not personal data may be used by Transport Infrastructure Ireland as we may deem appropriate in order to improve our operations. For further information, please see our privacy and security statement.

Interactive Area
This Site may contain discussion forums, bulletin boards, user reviews or other forums or mediums in which you or third parties may post content, messages, materials or other items on this Site (referred to as Interactive Areas). If such Interactive Areas are available, you are solely responsible for your use of such Interactive Areas and use them at your own risk. By using any Interactive Areas, you expressly agree not to post, upload to, transmit, distribute, store, create or otherwise publish through this Site any of the following:
  • Any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or other material (referred to as “Content”) that is unlawful, libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, offensive, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate;
  • Content that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for the commission of a criminal offence, infringe the rights of any party, or otherwise infringe any applicable law;
  • Content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
  • Content that impersonates any person or entity or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity;
  • Unsolicited promotions, political campaigning, advertising or solicitations;
  • Content that may infringe a third party’s privacy rights;
  • Viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files; or
  • Content that, in our sole judgment, is objectionable or which restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Interactive Areas or this Site, or which may expose us or our users to any harm or liability of any type.

We accept no responsibility and are not liable for any Content of any kind that is posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party on this Site, or for any loss or damage caused as a result thereof. As a provider of interactive services, we are not liable for any statements, representations or Content provided by users of this Site in any Interactive Area or other public forum. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any Interactive Area, we reserve the right, and have absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit without notice any Content posted or stored on this Site at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post or store on this Site at your sole cost and expense. 

Any use of the Interactive Areas or other portions of this Site otherwise than in accordance with these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your access to the Interactive Areas and/or this Site. In order to comply with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to protect our systems or users of this Site, we may process and disclose any information held by us in relation to a user of this Site who posts or uploads inappropriate or objectionable Content including, without limitation, their name, email address, IP address, usage history, and posted Content. 

By posting or distributing Content to or through this Site, unless we indicates otherwise, you

  • Grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Content throughout the world in any media whatsoever;
  • represent and warrant that the Content that you post or otherwise distribute (a) complies with these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE; (b) is accurate and not misleading; and (c) shall not expose us to any civil or criminal liability or otherwise materially adversely affect our business or reputation.

Content submitted by you will be considered non-confidential and we are under no obligation to treat such Content as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, we reserve the right to use the Content as we deem appropriate, including, without limitation, deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post it. We are under no obligation to offer you any payment for Content that you submit or the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify Content once it has been submitted to us. We shall have no duty to attribute authorship of Content to you, and shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties. You hereby agree to waive any and all moral rights you may have in the Content.

Advertising
Part of this Site or other sites operating under the aegis of Transport Infrastructure Ireland may in the future contain advertising and sponsorship. Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on this Site complies with applicable international and national law. Transport Infrastructure Ireland will have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any error or inaccuracy contained in any such advertising materials.
Copyright Notice and Licence

The information contained in this Site, including but not limited to the content, selection and layout of text, images, graphics, animation, videos, music, sounds and other materials, is the property of Transport Infrastructure Ireland or the property of our licensors and is protected by applicable national and international copyright, trademark and other laws. You may browse through this Site and print or download copies of materials to a single computer for non-commercial use within your home [or work] environment, provided any copies, whether manual or electronic, retain all copyright and other proprietary notices and disclaimers. No permission is granted to make any changes (whether in manual or electronic form) to the information on this Site and all rights not expressly granted by us in these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE are reserved by us.

You acknowledge and agree that the limited licence to copy materials on this Site set out above does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy, electronic, or any other form. In particular, but without limitation, acknowledge and agree that no materials on this Site may be copied or distributed for any commercial purposes. You acknowledge and agree that no materials on this Site may be reproduced or transmitted on or to, or stored in, any other web site or other form of electronic retrieval system or used to create derivative works without our prior written authorisation.

Trademark Notice

You acknowledge and agree that all product names, model names, slogans, logos and emblems, referred to in this Site, whether or not appearing in large print or with the TM or trademark symbol, (the Marks) are trademarks, service marks, or trade names of Transport Infrastructure Ireland , or its partners, as appropriate.

You also acknowledge and agree that all rights in the Marks are reserved and no licence or right to use any of the Marks is granted to Users. In addition, the use or misuse of Marks is expressly prohibited.

Governing Law

This Site has been designed to comply with the laws of Ireland. Use of this Site is subject to the laws of Ireland (excluding Northern Ireland) which shall exclusively govern the interpretation, application and effect of these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE. The courts of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all claims or disputes arising in relation to, out of, or in connection with this Site and its use.

If any provision of these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE shall be held unlawful, void or unenforceable for any reason under the law of any jurisdiction then such provision shall be deemed severed in that jurisdiction and this shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the validity and enforceability of these TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE in any other jurisdiction.

Entire Agreement

These TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE contain the entire agreement between the parties relating to your use of, and access to, this Site.