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"These are ordinary people who would have thought they could go abroad." 

More than a hundred people had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment stopped after they travelled o...

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17.38 27 Jul 2020


"These are ordinary people who would have thought they could go abroad." 


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17.38 27 Jul 2020


More than a hundred people had their Pandemic Unemployment Payment stopped after they travelled out of the country.

Checks were carried out at airports, and other benefits were also impacted. Liam Herrick is the director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties joined Ivan to discuss concerns that have been raised about how it was implemented, and whether or not this is legal.


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