Terms and Conditions
These Terms cover:
- Entry to the Michael Collins Centre and Museum and its products and services.
- Entry to our Guided Tours, products and services.
- Access to public spaces including carpark facilities.
Please read these Terms carefully, by taking the below actions you agree to be bound by these Terms:
- Entering the Michael Collins Centre and Museum building or surrounding public spaces for the purposes outlined above.
- Buying a ticket, either online or at the ticketing desk within the building.
- Buying a gift voucher, either online or within the Michael Collins Centre and Museum.
- Buying a gift or book from the Shop.
Purchasing Tickets
Where Ticket prices vary according to age, the following provisions apply:
A person of 18 years or older is classed as an Adult. For children aged 0-6 years no admission fee will be charged.
Group tickets for parties of ten or more may be available at discounted rates. Please contact us directly to book your group entry on 00353868113317 or email michaelcollinscentre@gmail.com for more information.
The price of Tickets may vary from time to time. Our prices are as stated on our website but are liable to change at any time. When buying a Ticket either via the website, or at ticketing desk, the total price will be confirmed. We reserve the right to correct any pricing errors even after we have sent you the email confirmation or Tickets (as appropriate) although we will endeavour to do so as soon as we become aware of the error.
Ticket prices are in Euro and include a booking charge.
Tickets – General Terms
One Ticket purchased entitles one-person entry on a single occasion. Once you have exited the Museum, you will need to purchase a new Ticket to re-enter.
From time to time, we may decide at our absolute discretion to issue tickets under special promotions (“Promotional Tickets”) but Promotional Tickets will be available subject to availability and subject to any terms and conditions affecting the particular promotion.
Ticket Cancellation
Should you wish to cancel a Ticket, you must notify us immediately by telephone on 00353868113317 or michaelcollinscentre@gmail.com upon which the email confirmation or Tickets shall become void. We are under no obligation to issue refunds where a Ticket has been cancelled by you but, notwithstanding this, any such refund shall be entirely at our discretion.
If necessary, due to circumstances beyond our control, we reserve the right to cancel a Ticket, but we will endeavour to notify you as soon as we become aware that this is necessary. Should we have to cancel your Ticket we will refund you all the monies you have paid to us.
Tour Groups And Third-Party Sellers
Please note that, in some cases, we accept orders on behalf of third-party sellers. The resulting legal contract is between you and that third-party seller and is subject to the terms and conditions of that third-party seller, which they will advise you of themselves. You should carefully review their terms and conditions applying to the transaction.
We may also provide links on our site to the websites of other companies, whether affiliated with us or not. We cannot give any undertaking that products you purchase from third party sellers through our site, or from companies to whose website we have provided a link on our site, will be of satisfactory quality, and any such warranties are disclaimed by us absolutely. This disclaimer does not affect our statutory rights against the third-party seller.
Allocated Entry Time
You will be given the opportunity to select a date and time for the experience or event (an “Allocated Entry Time”) (subject to availability) during the booking procedure and this will be shown on your confirmation email or Ticket (as appropriate).
It is your responsibility to arrive in time for your Allocated Entry Time.
You must arrive no less than 15 minutes before your Allocated Entry Time although you may not be allowed access before your Allocated Entry Time. This applies to all Ticket holders including guests with accessibility needs, groups and schools.
Visitors who miss their Allocated Entry Time are not guaranteed entry, except at the absolute discretion of the Michael Collins Centre and Museum Staff, who will advise visitors who have missed their Allocated Entry Time of the next available time slot. But at busy times it may not be possible to find a time on the same day in which case it will be necessary to re-book an Allocated Entry Time.
If you are a group booking (persons greater than 10) please contact us directly to book a dedicated time and discount for our tours.
If any customer wishes to amend the date or time of any booking ahead of their visit following the purchase of Ticket(s) the customer should immediately notify Michael Collins Centre and Museum who shall use its reasonable endeavours to accommodate the alternative date and time requested by the customer.
We reserve the right to amend an Allocated Entry Time once it has been issued to you, but we will endeavour to notify you as soon as we become aware that this is necessary.
Products And Pricing Online Store
The Michael Collins Centre and Museum takes every care to ensure that product descriptions are accurate at the time of uploading products to the website. We reserve the right to withdraw any product from the website without any prior notification. We also reserve the right to amend prices of products or any information regarding our business without prior notification.
Payments
This website uses the secure payment system PAYPAL for all our payments. Our products are priced in Euro. All prices shown on our website are inclusive of VAT where applicable.
Delivery
Delivery will be made to you at the address that you have specified in your order. The Michael Collins Centre and Museum use An Post postal services.
Cancelling Order
If you wish to cancel your order, please contact us. As we try to process orders immediately it may not always be possible to prevent an order from being dispatched. If your order has already been dispatched you may return the items to us in accordance with our Returns Policy.
As soon as we receive notice of your cancellation of an item, we will refund the relevant part of the purchase price for that item together with the item’s normal postage charge if applicable.
Delivery
Our online ordering facility is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Orders are processed by our staff from Monday to Friday and delivered to your home within 2/3 working days.
We provide a nationwide delivery service covering the 32 Counties of Ireland.
Your Conduct
Whilst You and other Ticket holders are on our premises, You and your guests must comply with all directions of our staff, relevant health and safety notices, policies and announcements made available to You.
Any breach of any of these Terms or any unacceptable behaviour by You or your guests that is likely to cause damage, nuisance, injury to any other visitor or member of our staff or to the attraction or building itself shall give rise to the right of staff to eject you immediately.
We shall have the right to refuse admission across all areas of the business or to eject you and any other Ticket holder or guests if in our reasonable opinion, granting your admission might be a risk to our property, the safety of others and/or affect the enjoyment of the experience or event by others and in particular (but without limitation) where there is a breach of the following rules:
- No smoking
- No pets or animals except for assistance dogs
- No consumption of food or drink (except bottled water) outside the designated areas without our express permission
- No offensive weapons
No use of illegal drugs or consumption of alcohol except in authorised places and in accordance with the Licensing Act 2003.
You are expressly prohibited from copying, reproducing or republishing any part of the content of the experience.
Children
Children (under 16 years of age) must be accompanied by a person aged 18 years or over. Such children shall remain under the control and supervision of a person aged 18 or over at all times. Parents with young children are welcome and all children under from age 0 to 6 are admitted free.
Health And Safety
We have stringent policies and procedures in place to keep our guests safe. From time to time staff may draw visitors’ attention to certain health and safety requirements to which visitors must adhere.
In the event of being notified of a Health and Safety procedure (for example, an emergency evacuation) it is essential that visitors follow staff direction.
Security
You must keep your personal belongings with you at all times. We accept no responsibility for loss, theft or damage to any personal belongings brought into the building or on a guided tour.
Michael Collins Centre and Museum accepts no responsibility for the loss, theft, or damage to any vehicle (or its contents) while parked within the visitor car park.
Photography
The taking of photographs with handheld cameras is allowed in all areas of the experience. Video recording as well as the use of flashes, tripods and other specialist photographic equipment is not permitted unless permission is granted Photographs are for you to enjoy for your own personal, private, non-commercial purposes only. Unless permission has been granted by us, picture and images cannot be reproduced in any format or media other than for private viewing.
From time to time we or other authorised third parties may carry out photography and/or other recording at the attraction and any images and/or recordings may feature visitors. You consent to the use of such images and/or recordings by us in connection with advertising, promoting the attractions, experiences and events (such as on our websites, social media sites and pages, partner sites, outdoor advertising and brochures), and for our internal purposes, and in doing so, you allow us to edit, modify, publish and make available such images and/or recordings.
You acknowledge and agree that you will not receive compensation if we use such images and/or recordings for the purposes set out above. If any visitors to the building are under 18, you, being the parent or legal guardian of such persons, also consent to the use of their image and/or recordings for the purposes set out above. You acknowledge that the copyright in such images and/or recordings rests with us and/or any authorised third party and accordingly you grant us and/or any authorised third party all rights in any images and/or recordings of you and/or your children. You shall promptly execute such documents and perform such acts as may be required for the purposes of giving full effect to the foregoing.
Our Liabilities
Our liability for losses you suffer, as a result of us breaching a contract between us is strictly limited to the purchase price of the Tickets you booked. This does not exclude or limit in any way our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or that of our employees (if acting within the course of their employment), agents or suppliers (if carrying out the work which they were contracted to do); or any matter for which it would be illegal for us to exclude, or attempt to exclude, our liability.
We are not responsible for indirect losses which occur as a side effect of the main loss or damage, or for any losses that fall into the following categories: loss of income or revenue, loss of business loss of profits or contracts, loss of data or waste of management or office time, loss of goodwill, disappointments or emotional distress and/or any other loss or damage which was not reasonably foreseeable by us at the date the Ticket was bought, however arising and whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract otherwise, even if foreseeable.
Where part of the services you have paid for in connection with experience are provided by a third party supplier, that supplier’s individual liability will be set out in their own terms and conditions. You may request from the supplier directly copies of any relevant terms and conditions. For the avoidance of doubt, we do not accept liability for acts or omissions by you or any person(s) on behalf of whom you have placed a booking or unconnected third parties or suppliers of services which do not form part of the contract between you and us.
Events Outside Our Control
Subject to applicable law, we shall have no liability to You if we are prevented from, or are delayed in performing our obligations under any contract or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (but not limited to) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our employees or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or government order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.
Events Outside Our Control
Subject to applicable law, we shall have no liability to You if we are prevented from, or are delayed in performing our obligations under any contract or from carrying on our business by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond our reasonable control, including (but not limited to) strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving our employees or any other party), failure of a utility service or transport network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or government order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or subcontractors.
How We Use Your Personal Information
We only use your personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Please take the time to read these, as they include important terms which apply to you.
Variation
We have the right to revise and amend these Terms from time to time by placing updated Terms on the website. You may not vary these Terms unless agreed in writing with us. You will be subject to the Terms in force at the time that you entered the conditions outlined at the start of these Terms. You may wish to print a copy of these Terms with a date-stamp for future reference.
Severability
If any of these Terms is determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Third Party Rights
A person who is not a party to the Terms shall not have any rights under or in connection with them under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
Entire Agreement
These Terms and any document referred to in them constitutes the whole agreement between us and supersedes all previous discussions, correspondence, negotiations, previous arrangement, understanding or agreement between us relating to the subject matter of these Terms.
You acknowledge that, in agreeing to these Terms, you do not rely on any representation or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms. Nothing in this clause excludes liability for fraud.
