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ferry?

  • 21-05-2009 3:39pm
    #1
    quacks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭


    hi, if getting the ferry to and from holyhead (leaving from dun laoire) is a passport required? I thought i heard somewhere it was not, is this the case?
    Basically i needs to be getting to newcastle if possible sans an up to date passport. Aer lingus to london then train up is too expensive. Any help would be much appreciated..


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  • #2
    Famous45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Famous45


    No, bring some form of photo id though.


  • #3
    leex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭leex


    Is photo id necessary for kids? e.g. a 1yr old?


  • #4
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    quacks wrote: »
    hi, if getting the ferry to and from holyhead (leaving from dun laoire) is a passport required? I thought i heard somewhere it was not, is this the case?
    Basically i needs to be getting to newcastle if possible sans an up to date passport. Aer lingus to london then train up is too expensive. Any help would be much appreciated..

    why not just fly to Newcastle, or teeside?

    You are looking at a 6 to 8 hour train journey costing over £100 return BTW.


  • #5
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    Photo ID for all ferries from Ireland to UK for anyone over 18 years old.

    **** This does not include Ireland France. ****


  • #6
    robinph
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭robinph


    If your not a British or Irish national then you will require a passport.


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  • #7
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    A British or Irish citizen has the right to travel among the Common Travel Area* without the need to carry a passport. He must, however, be able to convince immigration officials, if questioned, that he is indeed a British or Irish citizen. This may be easy enough for a white person, with an easily recognisable British or Irish regional accent. However, a non-caucasian, naturalised British or Irish citizen may find that he has to carry a passport, in order prove that he is a British or Irish citizen and thus entitled to travel without a passport!

    *The Common Travel Area covers the 5 islands of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey (and the smaller islands in the archipelago, belonging to those mentioned).


  • #8
    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,838 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    However,
    Travel to UK

    Proposals in the UK Border, Citizenship and Immigration Bill, which was published in January 2009, include strengthening border controls on air and sea routes between Ireland and the UK. This legislation would require people travelling by air and sea from Ireland to the UK to have photographic identification, that is, a passport or national identity card.

    clicky


  • #9
    Kotek Besar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭Kotek Besar


    Dyflin wrote: »
    However,



    clicky

    But that's only a bill - and a controversial bill at that. It has no legal effect until passed and written into law.


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