Half price digital sub to Irish Times

harr · 01-01-2017 7:54pm

Nesser wrote: »

Still puzzled as to why people on this thread consider paying €96 for something that is available free to be a "bargain" And saying stuff like "But it's not unlimited if I don't pay €96 " (when it kinda is and they would never use the theoretical limit anyway)
To be frank I think they're suckers.

It's not free... there is a huge difference between the free app and the actual e-papers the e-paper is exactly the same as the physical paper you purchase in shop including all magazines and sports highlights which can be watched from a tab in the sports section... this is a very good deal the Sunday paper is 3 quid alone...and I find the sports coverage excellent...with the E paper you have to download the content each morning with a different app

TerrorFirmer · 01-01-2017 8:01pm

harr wrote: »

It's not free... there is a huge difference between the free app and the actual e-papers the e-paper is exactly the same as the physical paper you purchase in shop including all magazines and sports highlights which can be watched from a tab in the sports section... this is a very good deal the Sunday paper is 3 quid alone...and I find the sports coverage excellent...with the E paper you have to download the content each morning with a different app

I was about to post this same thing, I can't believe people can't see the difference. The app versions of the Irish Times, Independent, etc are nowhere near the same as the digital versions.

Donal55 · 01-01-2017 8:02pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

It's not always about the exact story that's reported, they tend to have much better analysis of social and political issues than other papers. The debate that's spawned from that very often sets the news agenda as much as the "breaking headlines". I think most people who read the IT look to it for that more than for novel news stories.

The debate and trending sections are available on the free app.

Johnny_Fontane · 01-01-2017 9:48pm

I get the saturday paper delivered and have epaper access. Its absolutely fantastic. Until someone shows you the actual epaper on a tablet/phone, you wont realise how good it is.

Livefornow · 02-01-2017 12:38am

Site says "Voucher valid until June 30th 2017"

Might look at taking this up in June as thats when my sub to english Times runs out. E-Paper is the best way to read a paper when travelling by Plane or Train or Bus.

GlennaMaddy · 02-01-2017 1:20am

Sub is free for students or if you still have your college email address

ablelocks · 02-01-2017 12:23pm

GlennaMaddy wrote: »

Sub is free for students or if you still have your college email address

do you have a link to that - can't see it mentioned on the sub page of the irish times?

Glebee · 02-01-2017 12:35pm

I had it for a few months on the cheap last year and it was excellent. Completely different than the app. If I could find a way to get the sunday Times along with the weekly epapers I might resub. Cant seem to see the Sunday epaper on offer, only the Sunday roundup of the weeks events.

Sir Oxman · 02-01-2017 12:47pm

Subbed.
thanks OP

GlennaMaddy · 02-01-2017 12:52pm

ablelocks wrote: »

do you have a link to that - can't see it mentioned on the sub page of the irish times?

2nd result on Google... https://www.irishtimes.com/student-hub/signup

harr · 02-01-2017 4:04pm

Glebee wrote: »

I had it for a few months on the cheap last year and it was excellent. Completely different than the app. If I could find a way to get the sunday Times along with the weekly epapers I might resub. Cant seem to see the Sunday epaper on offer, only the Sunday roundup of the weeks events.

I get the Sunday e paper no problem with all the mags...not sure if it's a different offer I picked up ..I taught it would come with all additions automatically ...

Glebee · 02-01-2017 5:52pm

harr wrote: »

I get the Sunday e paper no problem with all the mags...not sure if it's a different offer I picked up ..I taught it would come with all additions automatically ...

Defo did not come with mine last year, Sunday was just a wrap up of the week previous, no epaper. Dont know the reason?

ablelocks · 02-01-2017 6:18pm

Glebee wrote: »

Defo did not come with mine last year, Sunday was just a wrap up of the week previous, no epaper. Dont know the reason?

harr wrote: »

I get the Sunday e paper no problem with all the mags...not sure if it's a different offer I picked up ..I taught it would come with all additions automatically ...

Some Times are Irish, Some Times are not. The Sunday Times isn't published by the Irish Times. The Irish Times doesn't publish a Sunday edition. But the Sunday Times is published by The Times, which also does a daily Times Monday to Saturday. But that Times is also different to the Irish Times, which also only publishes Monday to Saturday.

_Whimsical_ · 02-01-2017 6:22pm

Glebee wrote: »

Defo did not come with mine last year, Sunday was just a wrap up of the week previous, no epaper. Dont know the reason?

I'm fairly sure that the Sunday Times and the Irish Times are two different operations. The Sunday Times is a Sunday version of the UK Times paper and there is an Irish version of that that we get in the shop. You sign up with a completely different company for the Sunday Times access. They had a free month trial running last year and when I went to cancel after it they offered me 3 more months for free. Maybe they'd give you a free trial of you contacted the company. Might be worth a shot!

Nesser · 02-01-2017 6:34pm

ablelocks wrote: »

Some Times are Irish, Some Times are not. The Sunday Times isn't published by the Irish Times. The Irish Times doesn't publish a Sunday edition. But the Sunday Times is published by The Times, which also does a daily Times Monday to Saturday. But that Times is also different to the Irish Times, which also only publishes Monday to Saturday.

Quite strange that someone who was saying how excellent the Irish Times subscription is was not aware of this very basic fact.

_Whimsical_ · 02-01-2017 8:22pm

Nesser wrote: »

Quite strange that someone who was saying how excellent the Irish Times subscription is was not aware of this very basic fact.

I think it's a mistake an awful lot of people make actually, easily done given the name..

harr · 02-01-2017 8:39pm

My sub is the times (Irish edition) not the Irish times ...when I open app it's says the times and the Sunday times and when I down load the daily epaper it's the times (Irish edition) it has both Irish and U.K. Content ...

The free App people are talking about is the Irish Times

Nesser · 02-01-2017 8:48pm

harr wrote: »

My sub is the times (Irish edition) not the Irish times ...when I open app it's says the times and the Sunday times and when I down load the daily epaper it's the times (Irish edition) it has both Irish and U.K. Content ...

The free App people are talking about is the Irish Times

Ah right. You do realize that this is a thread discussing why people want to pay €96 a year for online subscription to Irish Times articles when they are already available for free. The epaper you are extolling is for the UK Times. These articles are also available for free online.

Charging for online news is a failed business model. Practically all papers that have tried it gave gone back to releasing articles for free with revenue coming from ads embedded in articles.

Which is why I find the enthusiasm for paying for online content by some on this thread so puzzling

uck51js9zml2yt · 02-01-2017 8:54pm

Nesser wrote: »

Ah right. You do realize that this is a thread discussing why people want to pay €96 a year for online subscription to Irish Times articles when they are already available for free. The epaper you are extolling is for the UK Times. These articles are also available for free online.

Charging for online news is a failed business model. Practically all papers that have tried it gave gone back to releasing articles for free with revenue coming from ads embedded in articles.

Which is why I find the enthusiasm for paying for online content by some on this thread so puzzling

I have the epaper app on my phone. It's definitely the Irish Times!
At less than a cup of coffee a week, it's a bargain .

Nesser · 02-01-2017 8:56pm

harr wrote: »

It's not free... there is a huge difference between the free app and the actual e-papers the e-paper is exactly the same as the physical paper you purchase in shop including all magazines and sports highlights which can be watched from a tab in the sports section... this is a very good deal the Sunday paper is 3 quid alone...and I find the sports coverage excellent...with the E paper you have to download the content each morning with a different app

Yes but harr has a completely different app.

Nesser · 02-01-2017 8:59pm

Mariana Wet Prison wrote: »

At less than a cup of coffee a week, it's a bargain .

You do realize that is a phrase the charity industry use to try to persuade people that they aren't really paying that much. How much a second does it cost you?

ablelocks · 02-01-2017 9:07pm

the Irish Times " free app" is ltd to a certain number of articles so is not the full version.

the Irish Times subscription is to multiple devices and includes an e-paper - this is why this offer posted by the op is very good value. You get the full Irish Times coverage for approx 33c per day, incl. all supplements and whatever else is included in the subscription.

ditto the (UK) Times and the Sunday Times - 5 euro a week for full access to all their content. Afaik, the Times online content is behind a paywall - you cannot get any of it for free.

I will gladly pay for content from either of these sources - the quality is very high, the range is broad and I can generally trust that the news they report is researched, validated and true. Other sources of news, not so much.

And there are very few ads, at least in the Times. I'm not sure about the Irish Times yet. Anytime I come across "free news" content online, there are ads, clickbait articles for more "news" which directs to more ads.

Free is never free - there is a cost.

Arthur Daley · 02-01-2017 9:17pm

What is the archive like on this subscription? Has anyone tried the archive section as that isn't freely available as far as I know

Is it fairly comprehensive like front pages for a given date or is it high level, selective and thrown into the mix as a 'feature' but of little use?

nc6000 · 02-01-2017 9:19pm

I'm starting to wonder why people bother posting bargains or offers on here if these are the responses they get.

Thanks OP, I've signed up. The digital version of the paper works very well on my tablet and even though there are ways around having to subscribe and other free news sites I think The Irish Times could do with some support otherwise (as someone else pointed out) we aren't left with much in the line of decent newspapers.

Killergreene · 02-01-2017 9:26pm

There's an easy enough way to bypass the pay wall lads. Keep your money in your pocket.

eclipsechaser · 02-01-2017 9:38pm

Nesser wrote: »

Ah right. You do realize that this is a thread discussing why people want to pay €96 a year for online subscription to Irish Times articles when they are already available for free.

It's like you're being thick on purpose. It would be nice to read this thread without you saying this over and over again.

uck51js9zml2yt · 02-01-2017 10:03pm

I signed up previously for these free access sites posted here and elsewhere. Needless to say I never used them due to the hassle involved in accessing the free content.

Muahahaha · 02-01-2017 11:01pm

Killergreene wrote: »

There's an easy enough way to bypass the pay wall lads. Keep your money in your pocket.

How, disable cookies or something?

All My Stars Aligned · 02-01-2017 11:14pm

Cheers OP.

killbillvol2 · 03-01-2017 6:43am

Arthur Daley wrote: »

What is the archive like on this subscription? Has anyone tried the archive section as that isn't freely available as far as I know

Is it fairly comprehensive like front pages for a given date or is it high level, selective and thrown into the mix as a 'feature' but of little use?

It's very comprehensive and searchable. I searched for a minor figure in Irish football from the 60s and it threw up nearly 20 articles. You can also search for a specific day's newspaper.

cruhoortwunk · 06-01-2017 11:14am

Incognito mode in Chrome works to get around their paywall restrictions. You can click around to your hearts content with it enabled.

Special Circumstances · 06-01-2017 12:35pm

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Incognito mode in Chrome works to get around their paywall restrictions. You can click around to your hearts content with it enabled.

I think next week's opinion piece lumps anyone who does this in with ultra right wing death camp operators and russian hackers.

Sappy404 · 06-01-2017 1:03pm

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I think next week's opinion piece lumps anyone who does this in with ultra right wing death camp operators and russian hackers.

Don't be ridiculous, that would suggest negative connotations towards the alt-right. They wouldn't dare associate such interesting people with something as unscrupulous and socialist as getting online content for free.

Nesser · 06-01-2017 1:07pm

Sappy404 wrote: »

Don't be ridiculous, that would suggest negative connotations towards the alt-right. They wouldn't dare associate such interesting people with something as unscrupulous and socialist as getting online content for free.

I think a reasonable inference is that those who choose to pay a subscription for online content are supporters of the alt right. Whereas those that chose to read the exact same online content for free are amoral socialists.

Special Circumstances · 06-01-2017 1:09pm

Sappy404 wrote: »

Don't be ridiculous, that would suggest negative connotations towards the alt-right. They wouldn't dare associate such interesting people with something as unscrupulous and socialist as getting online content for free.

From reading the Irish Times I think we're pretty much all alt-right unless we've done a permanent house swap with a transgender Syrian archi-doc-gineer.

Is that child's wifi still live in Aleppo? And would you need a proxy to read Una Mullalys daily bounty of joy over there?

I'm seriously considering it like.

bovril · 07-01-2017 8:32pm

How do the supplements (weekend magazine, weekend review etc) with with the epaper? Are they available in epaper format too? I'd love if they did a sample in the app so I could see how it works. Very tempted to subscribe.

VG31 · 07-01-2017 8:34pm

bovril wrote: »

How do the supplements (weekend magazine, weekend review etc) with with the epaper? Are they available in epaper format too? I'd love if they did a sample in the app so I could see how it works. Very tempted to subscribe.

Yes, when you select the paper thumbnails of the supplements appear at the bottom of the screen and you can select them.

I can post a few screenshots later if you want.

bovril · 07-01-2017 8:37pm

VG31 wrote:

I can post a few screenshots later if you want.

That would be great if you could. Thanks a million.

VG31 · 07-01-2017 11:58pm

bovril wrote: »

How do the supplements (weekend magazine, weekend review etc) with with the epaper? Are they available in epaper format too? I'd love if they did a sample in the app so I could see how it works. Very tempted to subscribe.

bovril wrote: »

That would be great if you could. Thanks a million.

bovril · 08-01-2017 8:04am

Thanks VG31. That's great.

uck51js9zml2yt · 08-01-2017 2:02pm

Found out that you can get full screen on an article in the eread app by clicking on the article. Makes reading easy.

mydiscworld · 11-07-2019 12:41pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Pretty good price for the IT. If someones parents got a tablet for Christmas they might like to avail of it too.
Use code ONE4ALL789 here http://www.irishtimes.com/redeem/voucher

This voucher is back working. I just used it!

Captainsatnav · 11-07-2019 2:05pm

mydiscworld wrote: »

This voucher is back working. I just used it!

I can't seem to find a way of changing my existing subscription...

LandonRicketts · 11-07-2019 2:13pm

Nice one signed up to 12 months half price there with the voucher!

KingCong · 11-07-2019 2:52pm

Does this include the NYT subscription also?

mydiscworld · 11-07-2019 4:28pm

KingCong wrote: »

Does this include the NYT subscription also?

Doubt it. This is the older offer

caviardreams · 11-07-2019 6:31pm

I think you can get the NYT separately at the moment for €1 per week in Ireland which is a good deal imo!

ablelocks · 11-07-2019 8:52pm

cancelled current sub, will subscribe again with this code!

thanks

edit : when i enter the code, it says valid for 12 months until 31st Dec 2019?!!!

Darc19 · 11-07-2019 10:21pm

ablelocks wrote: »

cancelled current sub, will subscribe again with this code!

thanks

edit : when i enter the code, it says valid for 12 months until 31st Dec 2019?!!!

Voucher valid til 31st Dec.

Voucher = 12 months premium at half price (€8)

So use the voucher today and you have half price til next July

Hold off til 31st December and you'll get half price til 30th December 2020

Includes nyt
Premium
All Digital Access + ePaper + Unlimited Digital Access to the New York Times

the perfect ten · 12-07-2019 8:38am

Thanks!

This is great value at €8 per month!

Half price digital sub to Irish Times

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