Travel To Ireland - Do You Need A Passport?

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  • spiro
    spiro Posts: 6,403 Forumite
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    jillie1974 wrote: »
    it tells you on aer lingus website that children under the age of 16 can travel to the republic without a passport as long as they are accompanied by a parent or guardian.
    You need to be careful how they are using the word guardian, legally I think a guardian is someone other that a child's parent who have taken over parental responsibility for that child e.g. in the event of their death. If they use this definition they may not class 'other adults' as guardians. I suggest you phone them to confirm before a flight is booked.
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  • CATTY
    CATTY Posts: 2 Newbie
    Hello i am 15 my passport has ran out and i am traverling to irland on a ferry next week i was wondering if i could use my birth certificate or dont you need id to catch a ferry ? i need to know as soon a possible please
    thank you for your help
  • odowdchr
    odowdchr Posts: 800 Forumite
    turtle2k1 wrote: »
    I'm not sure if it depends on the airline you are flying with. We are going with Ryanair and they accept a valid photo driving licence (including provisional) as valid id

    For years my mate's dad used to get on Aer Lingus with a fork lift truck drivers license (no Irish jokes please :D )
    He had a real shock when he caught Ryanair and they wouldn't let him on......
  • PolishBigSpender
    PolishBigSpender Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    CATTY wrote: »
    Hello i am 15 my passport has ran out and i am traverling to irland on a ferry next week i was wondering if i could use my birth certificate or dont you need id to catch a ferry ? i need to know as soon a possible please
    thank you for your help

    Legally, you need some sort of photo ID - check with the ferry company for their specific requirements, but Ireland simply requires some sort of photo ID (can be as little as a bus pass) for their frontier controls.
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  • Tarry
    Tarry Posts: 11,195 Forumite
    CATTY wrote: »
    Hello i am 15 my passport has ran out and i am traverling to irland on a ferry next week i was wondering if i could use my birth certificate or dont you need id to catch a ferry ? i need to know as soon a possible please
    thank you for your help

    Mine didn't get checked, but than I would defintely recommend taking so form of ID with you, photographic.
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  • erincc
    erincc Posts: 62 Forumite
    If you use your driving license with Easyjet does anyone know if you need both parts or is it just the photo part.

    Thanks.
  • Cherry86
    Cherry86 Posts: 1 Newbie
    we are going to ireland in july by ferry but neither of our two children (5 & 3) have a passport and my partners has just expired. what kind or ID do we need for our children and is my partner still ok to use his drivers license as ID. Last thing i want is to get there and get turned away.
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    You need ID acceptable to the ferry company - best check with them. (the Irish authorities don't care)

    Accompanied children do not normally require ID. The only exception I know of is Ryanair.
  • rowly01
    rowly01 Posts: 4 Newbie
    due to travel to dublin from holyhead end of next month, passport has expired but been told driving license will be ok anyone know if this is correct. travelling by stena line according to there website driving license is fine for travel just worried about getting off on the other side
  • jasonblake
    jasonblake Posts: 40 Forumite
    i have a similar problem struggling to get my 4m old son a passport in time i have just rang up irish ferries and they have just said you do not need a passport to travel to ireland on a ferry
    wish i didnt have a life yrs ago!! i wouldnt have been this poor
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