You mean 7-8 articles specifically related to Ireland? You do get access to the normal English edition (plus Scottish supplement). And the full Sunday edition.
I think it is good value. Although nothing really beats a paper hardcopy.
Join your local library and download the Pressreader app and you can read lots of magazines and newspapers from around the world for free. Sadly they recently took the Examiner off it but you can read things like the Washington Post and Smithsonian magazine for nothing.