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Ireland: EU's First Testing Ground for Digital ID & Wallet
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:47 am
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:47 am
Ireland: EU's First Testing Ground for Digital ID & Wallet
Ireland just launched a pilot for its Government Digital Wallet: a state-run app to store ID, birth certificate, driving license, and more. They're calling it "optional." For now.
The government's pitch sounds reassuring:
"You are in control of your data" ? "Nothing is tracked or recorded" ? "Only what's needed gets shared" ? "It makes life simpler"
They said the same things about every surveillance system before it became mandatory.
This move is part of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), an EU framework being rolled out across all member states, perfectly timed with the UN Agenda 2030 timeline.
The Digital Euro (CBDC) deadline complements this Digital ID & Wallet rollout, what a coincidence!
Ireland is legally required under EU regulation to have the wallet operational for public services by end of 2026, and extended to private services by end of 2027.
"Voluntary" has an expiration date. They wrote it into law.
Ireland just launched a pilot for its Government Digital Wallet: a state-run app to store ID, birth certificate, driving license, and more. They're calling it "optional." For now.
The government's pitch sounds reassuring:
"You are in control of your data" ? "Nothing is tracked or recorded" ? "Only what's needed gets shared" ? "It makes life simpler"
They said the same things about every surveillance system before it became mandatory.
This move is part of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), an EU framework being rolled out across all member states, perfectly timed with the UN Agenda 2030 timeline.
The Digital Euro (CBDC) deadline complements this Digital ID & Wallet rollout, what a coincidence!
Ireland is legally required under EU regulation to have the wallet operational for public services by end of 2026, and extended to private services by end of 2027.
"Voluntary" has an expiration date. They wrote it into law.
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Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:49 am to Placekicker
Now look at the Digital Euro timeline: the ECB rollout target is 2026–2027.
The same window with the same infrastructure. A state-controlled digital ID wallet + a state-controlled digital currency, arriving together. You think it's a coincidence?
Once your ID and your money live in the same government app, every transaction can be permissioned, tracked, and cut off.
Social Media policing is a feature, not a bug: Ireland's Communications Minister has proposed requiring the wallet for social media access; meaning Irish people will need a state-issued digital ID just to log into Facebook, Instagram, or X.
Adults who refuse? Lose their accounts.
Surveillance net disguised as child protection:
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties put it bluntly: this would mean users can no longer browse the internet with any degree of anonymity. Every page visit, every platform login will be traceable back to a specific government ID.
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You're watching the convergence of digital ID + internet access control + social media monitoring + CBDC rails, all running through one government-issued app and infrastructure.
Permission-based life: you exist online, move money, and access services only as long as the state allows.
This is Agenda 2030 infrastructure being rolled out, in plain sight.
The same window with the same infrastructure. A state-controlled digital ID wallet + a state-controlled digital currency, arriving together. You think it's a coincidence?
Once your ID and your money live in the same government app, every transaction can be permissioned, tracked, and cut off.
Social Media policing is a feature, not a bug: Ireland's Communications Minister has proposed requiring the wallet for social media access; meaning Irish people will need a state-issued digital ID just to log into Facebook, Instagram, or X.
Adults who refuse? Lose their accounts.
Surveillance net disguised as child protection:
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties put it bluntly: this would mean users can no longer browse the internet with any degree of anonymity. Every page visit, every platform login will be traceable back to a specific government ID.
Image
You're watching the convergence of digital ID + internet access control + social media monitoring + CBDC rails, all running through one government-issued app and infrastructure.
Permission-based life: you exist online, move money, and access services only as long as the state allows.
This is Agenda 2030 infrastructure being rolled out, in plain sight.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:49 am to Placekicker
Distrust, to the utmost extent, anything the government of the ROI does.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:49 am to Placekicker
Sounds racist.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:50 am to Placekicker
If something like the SAVE Act passes here, something like this will follow.
I can see this not being federal from the outset and more a cooperative endeavor from states (as a person who tried to use his LA Wallet once at a bank in MS, who uses a different system, I can see the efficiency without a SAVE Act corollary).
I can see this not being federal from the outset and more a cooperative endeavor from states (as a person who tried to use his LA Wallet once at a bank in MS, who uses a different system, I can see the efficiency without a SAVE Act corollary).
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:53 am to SlowFlowPro
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If something like the SAVE Act passes here, something like this will follow.
I completely disagree. The SAVE Act ensures that only citizens vote in our elections- not illegals and not dead people kept on voter rolls.
What they are rolling out in Ireland is a 1984 total surveillance state.
But you’re right, this is the fear porn that our Leftist politicians will use to try to keep the SAVE Act from becoming law.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:53 am to SlowFlowPro
Do we acquire Bitcoin or gold?
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:53 am to Placekicker
Estonia hs been doing th8s for years
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:55 am to WylieTiger
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Do we acquire Bitcoin or gold?
Seeds
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:56 am to Placekicker
quote:
I completely disagree. The SAVE Act ensures that only citizens vote in our elections-
And this creates a massive demand for an easily accessible, national system of ID necessary to prove citizenship at a moment's notice.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:56 am to Eurocat
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Estonia hs been doing th8s for years
Ok? Are you insinuating this is something that should be done here in the US?
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:57 am to Placekicker
Sad. Wish we could find ways to discourage this kind of govt behavior from our "allies".
Hope no one volunteers, and find a way to vote these people out sooner than later. Sadly, doubt that'll happen.
Hope no one volunteers, and find a way to vote these people out sooner than later. Sadly, doubt that'll happen.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:58 am to SlowFlowPro
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And this creates a massive demand for an easily accessible, national system of ID necessary to prove citizenship at a moment's notice.
That’s a pretty big assumption, Counselor…
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:59 am to SlowFlowPro
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If something like the SAVE Act passes here, something like this will follow.
Americans are willing to sacrifice a lot of privacy for feels and convenience.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 8:59 am to Placekicker
“I would have liked to have seen Montana”
Posted on 4/5/26 at 9:01 am to SlowFlowPro
Ok...so how would you create a system that verifies citizenship at the ballot boxes?
Im sure you don't care for that, so no need to get into that. Just want to know how to get it done.
Im sure you don't care for that, so no need to get into that. Just want to know how to get it done.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 9:02 am to 4cubbies
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Americans are willing to sacrifice a lot of privacy for feels and convenience.
The amount of projection here is pretty impressive.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 9:03 am to Placekicker
These days, Ireland may as well be Eire-istan.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 9:03 am to HagaDaga
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Ok...so how would you create a system that verifies citizenship at the ballot boxes?
Each state is responsible for this.
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