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Irish Newspaper Site Will Join FT In Charging For Content

by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London

02 May 2002

Ireland.com, the on-line portal of Irish newspaper the Irish Times, announced yesterday at the National Digital Media Conference that it would charge EUR79 per year for access to paid sections of the site. Monthly access will cost EUR14 and weekly access will be EUR7.

The site said earlier this year that it would introduce a fee-based system for access to some of its content on-line, including its archive. Some information, including portions each day from The Irish Times and its Breaking News service, are expected to remain free. Like some other on-line publishers, Ireland.com has been facing cost pressures, and in December announced that it would cut around 23 jobs.

The announcement from Ireland.com came just a day after UK newspaper, the Financial Times, unveiled plans to charge up to UK£200 a year for its premium services.

Tax-news.com, and associated sites lowtax.net, investorsoffshore.com and offshore-e-com.com, will however remain completely free to users without pesky log-in or registration barriers.

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