What is Free Trade Ireland?
Free Trade Ireland is an innovative web-based service under development, which when launched will encourage and facilitate the reuse of household and business items.
The application is founded on a simple concept and one which has been operating successfully in Dublin since 2006. The national website will build on the experience gained in Dublin and will expand the features of the service whilst ensuring it remains accessible to all. The new service is expected to go live in June 2010.
How does it work?
Once uploaded, item posts will be available on the website for users to view. Anyone interested in any item will be free to contact the member using the details displayed. Users browsing the site will not need to become a member of the website. It is important that users wishing to contact a member advertising an item adhere to any requests such as times when they may be contacted. The service will be free to use and all items advertised on the service must be offered for free.
Free Trade Ireland will be simple and easy to use. Users wishing to advertise an item will be required to become a member of the site. Item details can be posted through a number of simple steps in a secure environment for the user.
Who will Free Trade Ireland benefit?
The reuse of items through the Free Trade service will benefit the environment, climate change, the Local Authorities, but most of all the people who use the service. The application will offer users a cost-effective way of managing unwanted items while protecting the environment. The service also has social benefits nurturing a spirit of goodwill in the community.
Can animals or pets be posted on the site?
FreeTrade Ireland implements a very strict policy in relation to posts on the website offering pets or animals. Any posts on the site where animals or pets are offered will be immediatley taken down by our website administrator and a warning email will be sent to the registered User.
Users continuing to post items of this sort on the website will have their accounts deleted. If you have a pet or animal which needs to be re-homed, please contact the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (http://www.ispca.ie/) or your local animal warden.
