travel to ireland - passport necessary?

darbooka · 11 February 2006 at 8:42PM

If someone needs to attend an event in dublin doesn't have time to get a passport, if travelling by bus or train is it necessary to show a passport to enter ireleand or on return ?

cheekymole · 11 February 2006 at 9:11PM

never took ours

SnowyOwl_2 · 11 February 2006 at 11:00PM

No, there is no need to get a passport if you're British. If you're travelling by boat, or by train or road from N.Ireland into southern Ireland then a passport or id isn't necessary at all, nobody will ask for it.

If you are travelling into Ireland, including into N.Ireland, by air from Britain most of the carriers seem to want photo id. As a Brit there is no such thing (yet) as national identity cards, so the airlines usually expect to see a passport. This is a security measure and nothing to do with immigration.

skr80 · 12 February 2006 at 7:55AM

suggest you take it - I know that Easyjet still insist on sight of ppt - even tho technically not required.

darbooka · 12 February 2006 at 11:33AM

SnowyOwl wrote:

No, there is no need to get a passport if you're British.

Uh..., how would one be able to prove that they are British if they don't have a passport to show?

rjh090384 · 12 February 2006 at 11:58AM

U Can Take A Drving License

darbooka · 12 February 2006 at 1:52PM

Not all Brits have driving licenses, and not all those with a UK license are British.

nearlyrich · 12 February 2006 at 2:15PM

I understand the budget airlines requirement for photo ID is just that so a UK photo driving license appears on the list of accepted proof of ID. Having said that I had to take my passport to Southampton because I still have my paper licence.