From today the Irish Times - which has been charging for much of its content on its ireland.com website - is taking down its pay wall to publish its online content for free on the much more sensibly named site irishtimes.com.
In announcing the change, the Dublin-based paper's editor, Geraldine Kennedy, wrote that the Irish Times, in moving to free access, was following in the footsteps of many of the world's leading newspapers.
This is a good, if overly delayed, decision for the paper's journalists, many of whom disagreed with the policy of charging people to read editorial content.
Current subscribers will be offered a full refund or, if they prefer, they can join a new crossword club and gain access to the paper's digital archive, dating back to its foundation in 1859.
BUT, as I write, I cannot get access to irishtimes.com. Am I alone?
