Terms and Conditions of Use
Welcome to www.breakingnews.ie ("Site"). Please review the following basic rules ("Terms of Use") that govern your use of and/or purchase of products through our Site or app as they constitute a legally binding agreement between you and The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates. Please note that your use of our site constitutes your acceptance of these Terms of Use and your agreement to be bound by them.
General
In these Terms of Use, references to 'www.breakingnews.ie, 'we', 'us' and 'our' are references to The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates . We may from time to time change these Terms of Use. Your continued Use of the Site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the rules as changed.
We may change, move or delete portions of, or may add to, our Site from time to time. We may restrict individual content items or sections of our website or app to registered users only.
Site Contents
Unless expressly stated otherwise, all materials images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, music, video clips, audio material, text, trademarks or logos made available through this Site (collectively, the "Content") are protected by copyrights, trademarks and/or other intellectual property rights owned, controlled or licensed to The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries, affiliates and advertisers. In consideration of and subject to your compliance with this Agreement, you are granted a limited non-exclusive and personal license strictly for your own non-commercial and private use to bookmark, refer to or point to any page within the Site, and to download the Content (with the exception of music and video) to a single personal computer and to print a single copy of the content.
No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of, any such downloading or copying and The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates reserves all rights in respect of the Content for itself, its subsidiaries, affiliates and advertisers. You must not alter or delete any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices in or on any of the Content. You must not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, display or otherwise provide access to (including framing or linking to any Content or the Site), modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Content, the Site, or any related software for any commercial purpose whatsoever. If you wish to use any of the Content for any commercial purpose (including any framing or linking to any Content or the Site) you must obtain the express prior written permission from The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates.
User comments, feedback & other submissions
While we welcome your comments and feedback regarding our Site, our products and our services, we do not want to receive and do not accept confidential or proprietary ideas, suggestions, materials or other information. Accordingly, please note that all comments, feedback, postcards, ideas, suggestions, materials, information, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to www.breakingnews.ie or by this Site or otherwise (collectively, "Comments") shall be and remain property of The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates. Any such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments or other materials shall constitute an assignment to The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments and other materials. Thus, The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests in, and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Comments and other materials. The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates are and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments or other materials in confidence; (2) to pay to user any compensation for any Comments or other materials; or (3) to respond to any user Comments.
You agree that no Comments or other material submitted by you to The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates through the Site or otherwise will violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary right(s). You further agree that no Comments or other material submitted by you to the Site will be or contain libellous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments and other material you make.
You agree that The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates may use and/or disclose information about your demographics and use of the Site in any manner that does not reveal your identity, unless you have agreed for The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates to reveal your identity to a third party.
Products
Prices quoted on our web site are in Euro.
If you are unhappy with the products or services you have received from us please email us at desk@breakingnews.ie. You can also submit your complaint to an online dispute resolution process operated by the European Commission by clicking on this link
Links to other websites & services
To the extent that this Site contains links to outside services and resources, the availability and content of which www.breakingnews.ie does not control, any concerns regarding any such service or resource, or any link thereto, should be directed to the particular outside service or resource.
Disclaimer
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, THIS SITE, ALL CONTENTS OF THE SITE, AND ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OFFERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE IRISH TIMES DAC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN ADDITION, THE IRISH TIMES DAC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, OR THE OPERATION OR FUNCTION OF THIS SITE, ANY COMPONENT THEREOF, OR ANY SERVICES OFFERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; THAT DEFECTS THEREWITH WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THIS SITE OR ITS SERVER ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL ELEMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE IRISH TIMES DAC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES ENDEAVOR TO PROVIDE CURRENT, ACCURATE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE, IT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR ANY USE OF INFORMATION ON THIS SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, BY YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, THAT YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL NECESSARY SERVICING OR REPAIRS OF ANY EQUIPMENT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR SITE, AND THAT THE IRISH TIMES DAC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, COMPENSATORY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS AND/OR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, EVEN IF THE IRISH TIMES DAC AND/OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold The Irish Times DAC and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including fees, arising from or related to your use of the Site.
These Terms of Use shall and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by Irish law. The courts of Ireland have non-exclusive jurisdiction to hear, settle or determine any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use and by using this Site you shall be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the Irish Courts for that purpose.
The failure of either party to enforce at any time or for any period of time any of the provisions of these Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of such provision or the right of the party to enforce each and every such provision. If the whole or any part of a provision of these Terms of Use is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the law of any jurisdiction, that will not affect the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of that jurisdiction of the remainder of the provision in question or any other provision of these Terms of Use and the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of these Terms of Use.
Accounts
When you create an account with us, you must provide us information that is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Failure to do so constitutes a breach of the Terms, which may result in immediate termination of your account on our Service.
You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access the Service and for any activities or actions under your password, whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service.
You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.
You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity or that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trade mark that is subject to any rights of another person or entity other than you without appropriate authorization, or a name that is otherwise offensive, vulgar or obscene.
Access
We reserve the right at all times to terminate or restrict your access to the Site, if in our sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms of Use or we consider, in our sole discretion, that your Use of the Site to be immoral or illegal. Any such termination or restriction shall be without prejudice to any obligations imposed on you under these Terms of Use (including, without limitation, any restrictions on your use of any Content) which shall continue to bind you without limit in time.
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.
