', subscriptionFinishDate: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.finish_at, const flipPayEl = document.getElementById('flip-pay'); window.location.hash = '#' + badgeToFilterBy; event: '_trackEvent', if (! attributeFilter: ['class'], })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KJF4'); } ? } if (badges.indexOf('full-width') > -1) { } }; list: getListName() eventCategory: 'g_showcase', window.showNonSubscriberElements(); node.removeAttribute('hidden'); }); Supermarket security guard Jim Doyle has just started readingThe Nothing Manthe true-crime memoir Eve has written about her efforts to track down her familys killer. successful_upgrade_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/'; } window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; bundle: 'premium-plus', // Since the user is a subscriber, the wall is no longer visible. 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