Explainers, not press releases
What is MyGovID, really. What the Public Services Card can and can't be used for. What the EUDI Wallet means for businesses by 2027. Written for adults, sourced to primary documents.
MyGovID, the Public Services Card, the EUDI Wallet, the Online Safety Code, fraud and identity theft — the independent Irish reference that explains what's happening and what it means for you.
Independent · Editorial · Not affiliated with the Department of Social Protection, MyGovID, or the Government of Ireland.
Ireland's Government Digital Wallet is in public testing. Since 3 April 2026 anyone aged 16 or over can register to test the new MyGovID-based wallet that the EU requires every member state to offer by 24 December 2026. Read our step-by-step guide to taking part, or the full picture on the EUDI Wallet page.
Eight in ten people in Ireland now use a digital identity to access essential services. The state runs MyGovID. The EU is rolling out the EUDI Wallet. The Public Services Card is being turned into a quiet national ID. And fraud is up 137% year on year. There is a lot to understand. The state's own explainers are dry. The law-firm explainers are paywalled. This site is the plain-English, independent layer.
What is MyGovID, really. What the Public Services Card can and can't be used for. What the EUDI Wallet means for businesses by 2027. Written for adults, sourced to primary documents.
If MyGovID isn't working right now, start here. We cover forgot password, 2FA code not arriving, account locked and more — with steps you can actually follow.
The PSC controversy, DPC rulings, outage log, Online Safety Code enforcement. Sourced to primary documents and updated as things move.
What it is, who runs it, what data it holds, what it can do for you, and what it can't.
What it is, how to apply, how to renew, and the live controversy over its expansion into a national ID.
Ireland's Government Digital Wallet is in public testing now — built on MyGovID, EU-mandated by 24 December 2026, used for everything by 2027.
Ireland's age-verification rules — what platforms must do, what users see, and why the government's planned approach is unprecedented.
Eleven specific MyGovID problems with step-by-step fixes. Start here if something is broken right now.
Active controversies, ongoing rulings, recent outages. The page to refresh when something happens.
Free templates and walkthroughs for the data-protection rights every person in Ireland has under GDPR. The kind of content the law firms charge for, written for people not lawyers.
The complete SAR letter, copy-paste ready, plus what to do when an organisation fails to respond inside the one-month statutory deadline.
What the Data Protection Commission will and won't do, what to include in your complaint, and how to maximise the chances of a useful outcome.
Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, automated-decision rights, and the right to complain. Plain-English overview.
If you're worried your identity or accounts may have been compromised right now, the next page to open is First 24 hours — a sequenced checklist that determines most outcomes. The wider hub: identity theft + fraud and the preventative checklist.
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