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The Times Ireland/Sunday Times Ireland

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  • #202
    GiftGrub100
    Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭GiftGrub100


    onform wrote: »
    Sorry to drag up an old topic, but do you need to use a UK Rakuten account? I've an Irish account and it says the voucher can't be redeemed in this country when I try.

    No should only need to set up account at

    https://rakuten.tv/ie/

    You do need to add payment details as well I think (memory not as good as it was)

    Redeem voucher every month from Times +

    Points roll over if not used.

    Go to

    https://rakuten.tv/ie/

    To select film and use points not money to pay.

    Once done, you can watch through app on tablet/Tv or website, great value way to watch rentals and normally slightly cheaper than SKY.


  • #203
    onform
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭onform


    GiftGrub100 wrote: »
    No should only need to set up account at

    https://rakuten.tv/ie/

    You do need to add payment details as well I think (memory not as good as it was)

    Redeem voucher every month from Times +

    Points roll over if not used.

    Go to

    https://rakuten.tv/ie/

    To select film and use points not money to pay.

    Once done, you can watch through app on tablet/Tv or website, great value way to watch rentals and normally slightly cheaper than SKY.

    Thanks, tried to add a payment method (PayPal) but still can't redeem the voucher, says it can't be used in this country. I might just try create a new Rakuten account and see if that works.


  • #204
    GiftGrub100
    Registered Users Posts: 302 ✭✭GiftGrub100


    Cool, I remember it’s not as user friendly as it should be.

    When clicking from

    https://www.timesmembership.com/ie/offers/complimentary-film-rentals-each-month-with-times-films

    Click redeem

    Copy code

    Click redeem again

    That will bring you to

    https://rakuten.tv/ie/points/welcome

    After that should be ok


  • #205
    onform
    Registered Users Posts: 481 ✭✭onform


    GiftGrub100 wrote: »
    Cool, I remember it’s not as user friendly as it should be.

    When clicking from

    https://www.timesmembership.com/ie/offers/complimentary-film-rentals-each-month-with-times-films

    Click redeem

    Copy code

    Click redeem again

    That will bring you to

    https://rakuten.tv/ie/points/welcome

    After that should be ok

    Thanks a lot, that did the trick. 400 points bagged. The link I had was the UK version of Times plus, hence the error I was getting.


  • #206
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users Posts: 13,844 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    Anyone know if there are any deals available still with TheTimes Ireland edition?

    I have been a member of the Uk one for many years, I originally joined the crossword club for €30 p.a, then they forced people to subscribe to the main paper a few years back @€;10pm and now I see they have doubled the sub to €21 per month.
    Feeling shafted big time, I have never once read the paper in all that time, no disrespect am sure it’s a fine publication I just don’t read newspapers.


  • #207
    shocksy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,610 ✭✭✭shocksy


    somesoldiers wrote: »
    Anyone know if there are any deals available still with TheTimes Ireland edition?

    I have been a member of the Uk one for many years, I originally joined the crossword club for €30 p.a, then they forced people to subscribe to the main paper a few years back @€;10pm and now I see they have doubled the sub to €21 per month.
    Feeling shafted big time, I have never once read the paper in all that time, no disrespect am sure it’s a fine publication I just don’t read newspapers.

    The current offer is first month free, then €5 per month thereafter.


  • #208
    somesoldiers
    Registered Users Posts: 13,844 ✭✭✭✭somesoldiers


    shocksy wrote: »
    The current offer is first month free, then €5 per month thereafter.

    Wow- will cancel the Uk one so And sign up for that


  • #209
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    somesoldiers wrote: »
    shocksy wrote: »
    The current offer is first month free, then €5 per month thereafter.

    Wow- will cancel the Uk one so And sign up for that

    Did you not read the very first post on this?


  • #210
    caiconafita
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭caiconafita


    You can pay only €2.50 for the next 3 months.

    Just to let you subscribers know that I have just called them to cancell my subscription and they offered me to pay €2.50 a month of the next 3 months.
    The phone number is 015360818
    Good luck.


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  • #211
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    I re-signed up with payment coming from my three phone credit.


  • #212
    bidiots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭bidiots


    How do you unsubscribe from the app? I signed up to the trial to try it out but its not for me


  • #213
    caiconafita
    Registered Users Posts: 40 ✭caiconafita


    bidiots wrote: »
    How do you unsubscribe from the app? I signed up to the trial to try it out but its not for me

    You have to call the phone number is 015360818


  • #214
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    caiconafita wrote: »
    You can pay only €2.50 for the next 3 months.

    Just to let you subscribers know that I have just called them to cancell my subscription and they offered me to pay €2.50 a month of the next 3 months.
    The phone number is 015360818
    Good luck.
    it's such a good deal that I wouldn't do it to them,I mean to save e2.50? Now if I was a Cavan man😀


  • #215
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    I've redeemed my rakuten tv points online like below but when I log into my Rakuten account on my Sony TV there's no option but to pay for a movie. Any ideas? Thanks


  • #216
    logically
    Registered Users Posts: 169 ✭✭logically


    corks finest wrote: »
    caiconafita wrote: »
    You can pay only €2.50 for the next 3 months.

    Just to let you subscribers know that I have just called them to cancell my subscription and they offered me to pay €2.50 a month of the next 3 months.
    The phone number is 015360818
    Good luck.
    it's such a good deal that I wouldn't do it to them,I mean to save e2.50? Now if I was a Cavan man😀

    Ditto. 5 euro a month is excellent value and it's important to support journalism.


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  • #217
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    Lads, how in the face of jesus do you stop all the emails from IT online? I'm subscribed but I'm withered from trying to stop the emails 3, 4, 5, 6 times a day. I've emailed them twice and got zero back! I've tried everything through My Account and "Newsletters" but still getting ****e like the Morning Sports Briefing... driving me up the wall! My next email is going to be asking them to delete my account.


  • #218
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,417 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Miike wrote: »
    Lads, how in the face of jesus do you stop all the emails from IT online? I'm subscribed but I'm withered from trying to stop the emails 3, 4, 5, 6 times a day. I've emailed them twice and got zero back! I've tried everything through My Account and "Newsletters" but still getting ****e like the Morning Sports Briefing... driving me up the wall! My next email is going to be asking them to delete my account.

    Wrong paper, this is about The Times, not the Irish Times. Having said that I think there's a section in the right hand side of website when logged in that let's you manage your email subscriptions.


  • #219
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    dulpit wrote: »
    Wrong paper, this is about The Times, not the Irish Times. Having said that I think there's a section in the right hand side of website when logged in that let's you manage your email subscriptions.

    Clearly I could do with the emails to improve my reading and comprehension haha! Sorry about that. However I've tried that and still receive a load of tripe


  • #220
    FourFourRED
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,969 ✭✭✭FourFourRED


    Miike wrote: »
    Clearly I could do with the emails to improve my reading and comprehension haha! Sorry about that. However I've tried that and still receive a load of tripe

    I had to set up a mail rule to send them to trash as soon as they came in.

    Unsubscribing doesn’t make a difference which is a bit shocking considering potential GDPR implications.

    https://twitter.com/fourfourred



  • #221
    Mango Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Mango Joe


    Anyone else getting double-billed? They take 2 X €5 payments back to back from me every month.

    I mailed them and they asked me to send them proof!!!!!

    Also really dislike the fact that you cannot zoom in on a photo - Its archaic in this day and age.....


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  • #222
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Bad news unfortunately, sorry for the Irish crew in there, Richard is a good guy.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/times-ireland-makes-staff-redundant-amid-reorganisation-1.3899808?mode=amp


  • #223
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Mango Joe wrote: »
    Anyone else getting double-billed? They take 2 X €5 payments back to back from me every month.

    I mailed them and they asked me to send them proof!!!!!

    Also really dislike the fact that you cannot zoom in on a photo - Its archaic in this day and age.....
    Na e5 just checked


  • #224
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,417 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Bad news unfortunately, sorry for the Irish crew in there, Richard is a good guy.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/times-ireland-makes-staff-redundant-amid-reorganisation-1.3899808?mode=amp

    I tried to download the paper this morning and I kept getting an error, that must have been it.

    Real shame, they've quite a good set of reporters (Niamh Lyons, Ellen Coyne), and Richie was great.


  • #225
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,417 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    Also - buy a paper folks!


  • #226
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Does this mean there will be very limited Irish content henceforth? Will probably unsubscribe if so and move to the IT instead.

    Feel sorry for the journalists - a lesson to a lot of people that good journalism is worth paying for. We will miss it when its gone :(


  • #227
    JTMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,542 ✭✭✭JTMan


    caviardreams wrote: »
    Does this mean there will be very limited Irish content henceforth?

    From 21 June 2019, staff numbers will reduce from 20 to 3. The 3 staff will have to produce 4-6 articles per day (as reported by the Irish Times).

    If you are writing 6 articles in a day, you are doing little more than editing wire stories.

    i.e: Far less content. Far less investigative journalism. Your 60 EUR a year is going to give less bang for your buck.


  • #228
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    The news on VM there just said the sunday times will be unaffected so there will still be an Irish edition of that perhaps.


  • #229
    okidoki987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,625 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    caviardreams wrote: »
    The news on VM there just said the sunday times will be unaffected so there will still be an Irish edition of that perhaps.

    That's what I got from that report as well.
    It's only the Times in Ireland and not the Sunday Times.
    Sure at the price they charge for it on a Sunday, it must be making money.
    Rest of week wouldn't have thought they could sell it.


  • #230
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    dulpit wrote: »
    Hurrache wrote: »
    Bad news unfortunately, sorry for the Irish crew in there, Richard is a good guy.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/times-ireland-makes-staff-redundant-amid-reorganisation-1.3899808?mode=amp

    I tried to download the paper this morning and I kept getting an error, that must have been it.

    Real shame, they've quite a good set of reporters (Niamh Lyons, Ellen Coyne), and Richie was great.

    You would have still had access to the U.K. edition and the magazines?


  • #231
    JTMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,542 ✭✭✭JTMan


    Birneybau wrote: »
    You would have still had access to the U.K. edition and the magazines?

    Yes.


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  • #232
    xckjoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    Disappointing news. The Irish team were doing a great job


  • #233
    Tazz T
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭Tazz T


    JTMan wrote: »
    From 21 June 2019, staff numbers will reduce from 20 to 3. The 3 staff will have to produce 4-6 articles per day (as reported by the Irish Times).

    If you are writing 6 articles in a day, you are doing little more than editing wire stories.

    i.e: Far less content. Far less investigative journalism. Your 60 EUR a year is going to give less bang for your buck.

    I'm a full time copywriter/journalist. That workload is simply not doable without writing junk, unless they're outsourcing and editing. The Times would become the equivalent of a fanzine.


  • #234
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,417 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    I notice that there doesn't seem to be anything in today's paper (the online version at least) about the news of their closure. Seems a bit odd that it'd be covered in the Irish Times but not their own paper..


  • #235
    uRbaN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭uRbaN


    Just curious what people plan on doing. I'm a subscriber bit I'm wondering am I better off looking at the IT now. Probably just suck it and see.

    Sad news.


  • #236
    xckjoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,397 ✭✭✭xckjoo


    uRbaN wrote: »
    Just curious what people plan on doing. I'm a subscriber bit I'm wondering am I better off looking at the IT now. Probably just suck it and see.

    Sad news.


    I'm going to wait for a while and see but thinking about moving to IT if they still have the New York Times access bundled. Not too many other options left :(


  • #237
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,816 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    uRbaN wrote: »
    Just curious what people plan on doing. I'm a subscriber bit I'm wondering am I better off looking at the IT now. Probably just suck it and see.

    Sad news.

    If they stick with a fiver a month I'll be sticking with them. I mean, I regularly buy T3 or Stuff for more than that for about an hour's worth of reading on gadgets...


  • #238
    WhatsGoingOn2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 528 ✭✭✭WhatsGoingOn2


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    If they stick with a fiver a month I'll be sticking with them. I mean, I regularly buy T3 or Stuff for more than that for about an hour's worth of reading on gadgets...

    You should subscribe to Readly for those


  • #239
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,417 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    uRbaN wrote: »
    Just curious what people plan on doing. I'm a subscriber bit I'm wondering am I better off looking at the IT now. Probably just suck it and see.

    Sad news.

    I'll be bailing, will probably switch to the IT.


  • #240
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    uRbaN wrote: »
    Just curious what people plan on doing. I'm a subscriber bit I'm wondering am I better off looking at the IT now. Probably just suck it and see.

    Sad news.

    If they stick with a fiver a month I'll be sticking with them. I mean, I regularly buy T3 or Stuff for more than that for about an hour's worth of reading on gadgets...
    Same,Irish times is a rip off,examiner gone to hell,bar GAA news


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  • #241
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,816 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    corks finest wrote: »
    Same,Irish times is a rip off,examiner gone to hell,bar GAA news

    The other thing is I'm not as focused on the Irish content as others in this thread seem to be. I usually jump to T2 first thing and then maybe flick through Comments. I might very well keep up the subscription even if there was no specifically Irish coverage at all...


  • #242
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,614 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Irish Times weekend option is a good price imo:

    €20 per month
    Irish Times Sat - print delivered
    + All Digital Access + ePaper
    + nytimes.com and the NYTimes app


  • #243
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,357 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    I'm gonna stick with it. The Sunday Times should be close enough to same


  • #244
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,043 ✭✭✭Cerco


    WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »
    You should subscribe to Readly for those

    Or free access via public library apps..RBdigital

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=105482221


  • #245
    the perfect ten
    Registered Users Posts: 311 ✭✭the perfect ten


    caviardreams wrote: »
    Irish Times weekend option is a good price imo:

    €20 per month
    Irish Times Sat - print delivered
    + All Digital Access + ePaper
    + nytimes.com and the NYTimes app

    Not as good as it sounds. If you don't live in a big city or much beyond The Pale you cannot get the weekend paper edition delivered.


  • #246
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    They are basically cutting the vast majority of staff for the daily edition....

    Wonder what that means for the daily content...


    Three people to be left after cuts

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rte.ie/amp/1050863/&ved=2ahUKEwisvYvyoLHiAhXI5KQKHQgpD_4QFjAKegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3XD3AgyiRrzd9YxV08mA6J&ampcf=1


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  • #247
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Loafing Oaf wrote: »
    The other thing is I'm not as focused on the Irish content as others in this thread seem to be. I usually jump to T2 first thing and then maybe flick through Comments. I might very well keep up the subscription even if there was no specifically Irish coverage at all...

    That is increasingly going to be the case for the daily edition due to the cuts


  • #248
    JTMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,542 ✭✭✭JTMan


    Before anyone subscribers to what little is left of Irish journalism in this package, have some consideration for the awful way News UK (Sunday Times/Times owner) has treated staff ...https://twitter.com/AarRogan/status/1131279012062552070?s=19


  • #249
    Loafing Oaf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,816 ✭✭✭✭Loafing Oaf


    glasso wrote: »
    They are basically cutting the vast majority of staff for the daily edition....

    Wonder what that means for the daily content...


    Three people to be left after cuts

    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.rte.ie/amp/1050863/&ved=2ahUKEwisvYvyoLHiAhXI5KQKHQgpD_4QFjAKegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw3XD3AgyiRrzd9YxV08mA6J&ampcf=1

    Be like one of those political parties with four or five TDs that still insist on having a spokesperson for everything. Each of the three will presumably have to cover a huge field of news.


  • #250
    Lucious Sweet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,528 ✭✭✭Lucious Sweet


    JTMan wrote: »
    Before anyone subscribers to what little is left of Irish journalism in this package, have some consideration for the awful way News UK (Sunday Times/Times owner) has treated staff ...https://twitter.com/AarRogan/status/1131279012062552070?s=19

    Yeah, the Irish Times are real paragons of virtue when it comes to treating staff well. Just ask Paddy Agnew @PaddyAgnew who was dismissed after 31 years as Rome Correspondent https://www.irishcentral.com/news/paddy-agnew-irish-times

    The Irish Times maintained that he could not have been dismissed from his position as he never held the role of Rome Correspondent. Over the past 30 years, Agnew’s articles regularly appeared on page 12 of the newspaper as well as over 200 of his stories making the front-page of the Times.

    Wouldn't wipe my arse with that rag.


  • #251
    torrevieja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭torrevieja


    Anyone having issues with paper not loading two days now just blank screen


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