Saor-thai-steal = Free Travel in English, but, as the Irish spelling will suggest, the Sly- Goes (state sponsored ****'s) in The Blue Shirt Fine Gael Government of Ireland, reserve the right, to steal card functions from old age pensioners, without giving any notice to the bearers.
Ps.
Between going and returning from Dublin, The Irish Free Sate Agents deactivated our Travel Card, leaving my wife and I stranded in the Capital.
The Cead Mile Failte is a nonsense, Ireland is the home of the stranger and the grave of the native.