A Chrome browser extension that bypasses the irishtimes.com's quota restriction and removes the need to login to read articles on independent.ie.
- Download (or clone) this repository. To download the repository, choose the "Download ZIP" option that appears when you click on the "Code" button, then extract the downloaded ZIP file
- In Chrome, open chrome://extensions/
- Enable "Developer mode"
- Click the "Load unpacked" button and select the root directory of this repository (or extracted ZIP file) to add this extension to Chrome
After installing this extension:
- Articles on irishtimes.com that would have been blocked due to their quota restriction will be automatically unblocked
- It is not necessary to login to read articles on independent.ie
If for some reason the unblocking doesn't happen automatically, try clicking on the shamrock browser extension icon.
Note: This plugin can only unblock Irish Times pages that are blocked due to quota restrictions, i.e. it cannot unblock pages that are only available to Irish Times subscribers.