Dublin Advice - No Passport

pallan0706

Hi,

We are thinking of travelling to Dublin this summer with friends. Three of the group do not have a passport but they do however have a full UK driving licence. Is this ID sufficient enough to travel to Ireland? We have not planned whether or not we will fly or use the ferry crossing at Stranraer.

Thanks in advance

HAYLEY8005

No full passports will be required but least they have time to get one

HXDave

pallan,

Passport and Visa in Ireland


Passport required Return ticket required Visa required British

1
No
No
Australian

Yes
3
No
Canadian

Yes
3
No
USA

Yes
3
No
Other EU

2
No
No






Passports:

Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all except:
(a) 1. persons born in the UK travelling direct from the UK (applicable to British passport holders only).
(b) 2. EU nationals holding a valid national ID card.
Note 1: Whilst UK citizens do not require a passport or visa to enter Ireland, most carriers by air or sea now require some form of identification with photograph, usually a passport or driving licence with photo. Visitors should check what form of ID is required with the individual airline, ferry company or travel agent before travelling.

So you officially dont need a passport to go into & out of Ireland, however you need to check carefully what ID requirements will be required for the travel company.

HXDave.

apt

Full passports will be required if you are travelling with Ryanair. However they are not required to enter the Republic of Ireland as a British citizen and the ferries and other airlines might accept other forms of ID.

iamana1ias

HAYLEY8005 wrote: »

No full passports will be required but least they have time to get one

You mean:

"No. Full passports will be required but least they have time to get one."

Your lack of punctuation means you said the opposite of what you meant!

lfc321

HAYLEY8005 wrote: »

No full passports will be required but least they have time to get one

This is not correct. A driving license or similar is fine for entry into Ireland. But some airlines will only accept passports as proof of ID.

StenaLine don;t require a passport - http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry/faqs/passports-and-visas/im-a-british-irish-citizen-do-i-need-a-passport-to-travel/

Tarry

As long as you have some ID of some kind. I travelled to Ireland with a ferry company (Irish ferries) and I had to show my passport to someone in the hut so I could use the terminal building when waiting to board (well you know what I mean) and we got stopped at Pembroke Dock by the port police and had to show ID (we got pulled to one side) coming back.

shayne_2

I have flown to Dublin & needed passport, think it depends on the airline:)

moonrakerz

So as long as Osama Bin Laden uses his own passport he will be OK - what a farce this so-called security is !

jammin_2

British and Irish citizens are entitled to move among the Common Travel Area without the need to carry a passport.

Airlines, however, are entitled set their own conditions of carriage.

KonkyWonky

moonrakerz wrote: »

So as long as Osama Bin Laden uses his own passport he will be OK - what a farce this so-called security is !

Would imagine his passport would be flagged when it is swiped