About...IrishTimes.com

IThe Irish Times online Archive gives GMIT patrons access to the searchable archive of articles dating back to 1859, the first year of publication. The last 12 months of archives are free to access.

The archive contains both a digital version of the newspaper back to 1859 and a text version of articles back to 1996. There is a week’s delay from publication in the digital version being uploaded to the archive.

The Digital Edition is an exact electronic copy of The Irish Times newspaper in the format of the print issue. It looks the same as the printed edition and has additional interactive features such as a search facility, bookmarking tools and the following SmartNavigation features:

  • Audio: listen to articles
  • Table of contents: section by section list of newspaper sections
  • View article text in its own window
  • Article jumps: quick links within articles
  • Article printing
  • Instant translation: ten foreign language translations