Do you needa passport?

[archhippy]

Sounds doggy doesn't it? no well my dads traveling to the rebuplic of ireland in about a month will he need to take his passort he has only just thought about renewing it and is having major panic the ferry company says he only needs to take recent photo id so was thinking of getting a new driving licence would that be enough?

[scubadiver]

A new photo driving licence will be enough. We travel over to Dublin at least once a year, usually flying, occasionally on the ferry. We have never been asked to show any ID, never mind a passport, apart from when we pick our tickets up at Ryanair and that has to to with their own ticket policy, not Passport control.

[thewillow]

Technically you don't need a passport to travel between the UK and Ireland. But scubadiver is right, Ryanair insist on either a passport or photo driving licence. Also, Ireland is getting very tight on immigration control, so it is wise to carry a passport if you don't have white skin or don't speak English as a first language.