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  • #302
    Luckycharms_74
    Registered Users Posts: 6,606 ✭✭✭Luckycharms_74


    JTMan wrote: »
    Or use a VPN (it is not hard) and carry on reading the Sunday Independent.

    I missed the earlier comments about VPN. What country do you set the VPN to for access or as I'm a bit stupid how is it working with VPN :)


  • #303
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    sweetie wrote: »
    I wonder is it a result of the system being so easy to game. Most of us here have valid library accounts now but it seems that it's quite easy to
    use the system without. I don't really bother with the newspapers and all my magazines are still available but my Dad was able to use it and found it a good resource.

    the Indo went behind a paywall earlier this year, that's probably the reason. Why would you pay for it if you can get a library card for free and read the full ePaper for nothing. In the case of the Examiner, their website is still free, but the ePaper is not.


  • #304
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    loyatemu wrote: »
    the Indo went behind a paywall earlier this year, that's probably the reason. Why would you pay for it if you can get a library card for free and read the full ePaper for nothing. In the case of the Examiner, their website is still free, but the ePaper is not.

    How many are going to start paying?

    I enjoyed having a flick though the indo or the examiner everyday over lunch and in particular the farming independent on a Tuesday. But if I can’t get them for free I won’t be reading them.

    Hopefully a work around is found or another free online resource.


  • #305
    AttentionBebe
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭AttentionBebe


    This is INM pulling the service, not the libraries' doing. As for people putting in fake library card numbers, just join online FFS, it takes 2 minutes and you'll actually be helping the library statistics.


  • #306
    irishproduce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    As others have noted, Indo and others like it are probably still available when the ip appears outside the state.
    Therefore, a vpn will likely provide the access.


    I will get around to testing it and see


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  • #307
    bromley52
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭bromley52


    Posting workarounds here might be a bad idea.


  • #308
    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,724 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    irishproduce wrote: »
    As others have noted, Indo and others like it are probably still available when the ip appears outside the state.
    Therefore, a vpn will likely provide the access.


    I will get around to testing it and see

    as I pointed out a few posts above, they're not.
    You need a non-Irish IP and a non-library (i.e. paid) Pressreader account


  • #309
    Peter Galileo
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Peter Galileo


    Just see 3 Irish newspapers now when filtering newspapers by country : Irish mirror, Sunday mirror and Sligo weekender. Independent gone.. Using Galway library login.


  • #310
    JTMan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭JTMan


    Luckycharms_74 wrote: »
    I missed the earlier comments about VPN. What country do you set the VPN to for access or as I'm a bit stupid how is it working with VPN :)

    I have my VPN set to New Zealand and have full access to INM titles and the Irish Times on the desktop version.


  • #311
    JTMan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭JTMan


    loyatemu wrote: »
    as I pointed out a few posts above, they're not.
    You need a non-Irish IP and a non-library (i.e. paid) Pressreader account

    Huh? I don't have a paid Pressreader account.

    The steps are simple:
    - Load http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx on a desktop
    - Download Hola (free) and switch to an non-Irish country
    - Input 900000000 as your library card.
    - You have access to INM and Irish Times in the Ireland section.


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  • #312
    kenmm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭kenmm


    sweetie wrote: »
    I wonder is it a result of the system being so easy to game. Most of us here have valid library accounts now but it seems that it's quite easy to
    use the system without. I don't really bother with the newspapers and all my magazines are still available but my Dad was able to use it and found it a good resource.

    I'd say it's exactly that. It's exploiting a clearly poorly designed system, but just because someone leaves the front door open, doesn't make it right to go in and help yourself to the tea..

    Shame tho, seemed a useful resource for some, especially in these times.


  • #313
    irishproduce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    JTMan wrote: »
    Huh? I don't have a paid Pressreader account.

    The steps are simple:
    - Load http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx on a desktop
    - Download Hola (free) and switch to an non-Irish country
    - Input 900000000 as your library card.
    - You have access to INM and Irish Times in the Ireland section.

    Yeah you can even go one better than that using tablet or phone.
    In the hola settings, click on web, then user agent and change it to desktop.
    Reload the page and then choose Ireland from the list of newspapers. The inm papers are all there.

    I chose Australia through the hola vpn.


  • #314
    Peter Galileo
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Peter Galileo


    irishproduce wrote: »
    Yeah you can even go one better than that using tablet or phone.
    In the hola settings, click on web, then user agent and change it to desktop.
    Reload the page and then choose Ireland from the list of newspapers. The inm papers are all there.

    I chose Australia through the hola vpn.

    Did you have to make a new press reader registration?


  • #315
    Peter Galileo
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Peter Galileo


    Peter Galileo wrote: »
    Just see 3 Irish newspapers now when filtering newspapers by country : Irish mirror, Sunday mirror and Sligo weekender. Independent gone.. Using Galway library login.

    All the regional Irish newspapers seem to be gone now too


  • #316
    irishproduce
    Registered Users Posts: 2,803 ✭✭✭irishproduce


    No. I didn't even login.
    I just used my library card number and that's all.


  • #317
    MunsterM
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭MunsterM


    Libraries Ireland have confirmed the the Independent and Examiner "...are no longer accessible in Ireland at the publishers' request" .


  • #318
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They don’t appear to be available from anywhere as I’ve tried vpn from multiple different counties.

    The Irish time’s and Irish daily mail appear from most other counties but no indo or examiner. Tempted to call them out on twitter for their meanness.


  • #319
    headnorth
    Registered Users Posts: 197 ✭✭headnorth


    Christina Shallow Hall wrote: »
    They don’t appear to be available from anywhere as I’ve tried vpn from multiple different counties.

    The Irish time’s and Irish daily mail appear from most other counties but no indo or examiner. Tempted to call them out on twitter for their meanness.

    Works great with 5 post above to be fair and its all free.


  • #320
    torrevieja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭torrevieja


    Just wondering can this be opened up on an App


  • #321
    uRbaN
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭uRbaN


    Christina Shallow Hall wrote: »
    They don’t appear to be available from anywhere as I’ve tried vpn from multiple different counties.

    The Irish time’s and Irish daily mail appear from most other counties but no indo or examiner. Tempted to call them out on twitter for their meanness.

    Its mad. I'm only interested in the Times and the Indo.
    On my PC browser (Chrome) I can access The Times & The Indo by using Hola VPN set to Uk.

    On Press reader on my phone with VPN I can only access the Irish Times..no Indo

    If I use the web press reader link on my phone and set a VPN I can get neither.


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  • #322
    torrevieja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭torrevieja


    uRbaN wrote: »
    Its mad. I'm only interested in the Times and the Indo.
    On my PC browser (Chrome) I can access The Times & The Indo by using Hola VPN set to Uk.

    On Press reader on my phone with VPN I can only access the Irish Times..no Indo

    If I use the web press reader link on my phone and set a VPN I can get neither.


    i can acess Independant just put in spain u be fine 75 papers , 34 if i leave it on Ireland

    and thats on Phone


  • #323
    sweetie
    Registered Users Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭sweetie


    torrevieja wrote: »
    i can acess Independant just put in spain u be fine 75 papers , 34 if i leave it on Ireland

    and thats on Phone

    using a library account with a vpn?


  • #324
    torrevieja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭torrevieja


    yes Sweetie


  • #325
    torrevieja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,655 ✭✭✭torrevieja


    MunsterM wrote: »
    Libraries Ireland have confirmed the the Independent and Examiner "...are no longer accessible in Ireland at the publishers' request" .

    yes they are if u u use vpn


  • #326
    One More Toy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭One More Toy


    Does the OP method still work, or is there a newer method? Tia


  • #327
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    uRbaN wrote: »
    Its mad. I'm only interested in the Times and the Indo.
    On my PC browser (Chrome) I can access The Times & The Indo by using Hola VPN set to Uk.

    On Press reader on my phone with VPN I can only access the Irish Times..no Indo

    If I use the web press reader link on my phone and set a VPN I can get neither.

    On Mac in chrome I only get the times regardless of vpn country, same on iPhone in app or browser and same on iPad.


  • #328
    Ghost Rider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,883 ✭✭✭Ghost Rider


    Mildly disappointed this thread isn't called 'Seems like a good deal on 5000 newspapers'.


  • #329
    strombone
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭strombone


    torrevieja wrote: »
    yes they are if u u use vpn

    I can't access the Independent papers by VPN on iOS or Android tablet. What country do you use, on what device? Thanks


  • #330
    JTMan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,535 ✭✭✭JTMan


    strombone wrote: »
    I can't access the Independent papers by VPN on iOS or Android tablet. What country do you use, on what device? Thanks

    I have being using a VPN (Hola) on a desktop pointing towards New Zealand. The Irish Times and Independent are in the Ireland section.


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  • #331
    DopeTech
    Registered Users Posts: 6,754 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    One More Toy wrote: »
    Does the OP method still work, or is there a newer method? Tia

    From the last page:
    JTMan wrote: »
    Huh? I don't have a paid Pressreader account.

    The steps are simple:
    - Load http://library.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx on a desktop
    - Download Hola (free) and switch to an non-Irish country
    - Input 900000000 as your library card.
    - You have access to INM and Irish Times in the Ireland section.


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