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| Part of the long-awaited birth certificate |
Pass the smelling salts.
This morning the 'full standard' €20 birth certificate I ordered on certificates.ie on 7 October finally arrived in my postbox.
When I placed my order, the website said it would take 10 days to despatch, which I considered fine for a certificate that wasn't (then) urgently required and would save me the hassle of travelling to a local civil registration service office.
What a mistake. Exactly 100 days later, and after experiencing the poorest customer service I have ever encountered, I finally have the document in my mits, and I can be absolutely certain that I won't be using the 'service' again.
As it turns out, no one can use it at the moment. The certificate.ie online 'service' is currently suspended.