Listen "1470. Your Illegal Public Services Card"
Episode Synopsis
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“In 2015, while at home looking after our new baby, my wife received a letter from the Department of Social Protection telling her that she needed to attend a social welfare office to be photographed for a Public Services Card or have her child benefit payment cut off.
As she did not want to drag an infant out to a government office she solved this problem the sensible way. She handed me the letter and said "Deal with that."”
These are the opening lines of the latest Gist with friend of the shack, digital rights expert, solicitor Simon McGarr and he joins us now to discuss a good day for our rights.
Simon has threatened to take away my collection of Spicy Sauces unless I add the link to his always must-read Gist:https://www.thegist.ie/simon/
Liam Cunningham on Displaced in Gaza is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-131053187
Donate to dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-129326641
“In 2015, while at home looking after our new baby, my wife received a letter from the Department of Social Protection telling her that she needed to attend a social welfare office to be photographed for a Public Services Card or have her child benefit payment cut off.
As she did not want to drag an infant out to a government office she solved this problem the sensible way. She handed me the letter and said "Deal with that."”
These are the opening lines of the latest Gist with friend of the shack, digital rights expert, solicitor Simon McGarr and he joins us now to discuss a good day for our rights.
Simon has threatened to take away my collection of Spicy Sauces unless I add the link to his always must-read Gist:https://www.thegist.ie/simon/
Liam Cunningham on Displaced in Gaza is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-131053187
Donate to dignity for Palestine:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-129326641
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