The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed it was taking measures to prevent abuse of citizens’ rights to secure a passport in their Irish-language name to conceal their identity.
The measures to prevent identity fraud involve including the person’s birth name in English on the passport until a citizen can prove they have been using the Irish-language version of their name for two years…
Ah anseo.
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