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UK tightens rules for Irish residents looking to beef up British state pension rights

Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years

By Dominic Coyle
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Ledger record
#2486
First seen
25 Aug 2026, 04:11 UTC
Last checked
27 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
Version history
2 versions
Current fingerprint
0cffa2d2d149...3bb330
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Image URL supplied by The Irish Times.
Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
25 Aug 2026, 04:00 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Dominic Coyle
Section
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Source-supplied excerpt
Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years
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    UK tightens rules for Irish residents looking to beef up British state pension rights

    Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years

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    UK tightens rules for Irish residents looking to beef up British state pension rights

    Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#2778
Observed
26 Aug 2026, 13:59 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
966,494 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt
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