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Need help? }; eventLabel: 'google-access-granted' }, []) meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, } window.showNonSubscriberElements = true; document.location.search.substring(1).split('&').forEach(function (param) { if (subscriberCookieStatus === "undefined") { localStorage.removeItem('price.selected'); sean simons cloontykilla castle nowmarc d'amelio house address. successful_upgrade_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/'; When Sean Simon was seven years old, he told his parents that he would someday become rich and buy the two castles that are located in nearby Lough Key Forest Park. filter_prices_by_badge: badgeToFilterBy, if (document.getElementById('fp-tog-1')) { The first property that needed his immediate attention and protection was the castle known as Castle Island or McDermotts Castle, which is located out in the middle of Lough Key itself. } else { value: priceID, badgeTextEl) { if (priceA.badges['premium'] && priceB.badges['home-delivery']) { setTimeout(function () { } } window.loadGTM(); const hash = document.location.hash } event: '_trackEvent', ecommerce: { if (Object.keys(event.detail.object.badge || {}).indexOf('premium') > -1 && ! subscriptionStartDate: '', brand: 'INM', listenForFlipPayEvents(); .reduce(function (allPrices, item) { const ecommerceTransactionEvent = { vars.user.subscriptionStartDate = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStartDate || ''; selectedPrice = getBundleById(priceIdFromUrl); return; if (eventType === 'content_displayed') { } premium_content_by_class_name: "ep17pricing1", } } const isHomeDelivery = false; eventLabel = 'saturday_sunday'; } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { fireAddToCartEvent(); } priceToDisplayBilledFrequency.style.display = 'none'; (returnURL || member_redirect)) { event: 'ee-productImpression', } node.setAttribute('hidden', ''); window.dataLayer.push({ subscribeButton.classList.remove('-ghost'); const purchasedProduct = { const priceId = price_link.dataset.price_id; const badges = getBadgesForEl(el); Its not a boutique hotel, its a private castle and youre king or queen of the castle, he said. window.dataLayer.push({ userID: cookieData.userID, subscriptionStartDate: '1111-11-11T11:11:11Z', let returnURL = getQueryStringValue('returnURL'); if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! const badgeMap = {}; document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "= ; path=/;domain=" + domain + ";expires = Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"; }[tabPrefix]; meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, show_pincode: false, } } var text = document.createTextNode(labelText); } 430 followers. virtualPageViewData.eventData.article = { template_prices_price_description: '

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