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IRISH PASSPORTS WON’T be changing colour any time soon, but they certainly are in demand in Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
According to the latest figures on Irish passports issued to date in 2017, 20% of all those issued this year went to Irish citizens in the north and Britain.
Said the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, TD:
The number of applicants from Northern Ireland and Great Britain has continued to rise. Overall, almost 20% of the total number of applications received by the Passport Service this year were from Irish citizens in Northern Ireland or Great Britain.
It was another record year for Irish passports, as 779,000 passports were issued in 2017. That’s up from 2016′s also record-breaking figure of 740k.
The Tánaiste said:
“This is the highest number of Irish passports ever issued in one year. It represents an increase of over 6% compared to 2016 (itself a record-breaking year), and an increase of over 15% since 2015.”
The Passport Service has undertaken what Coveney described as an “ambitious reform programme to meet the unprecedented demand for passports from Irish citizens at home and abroad”, which is also looking at how to “continuously strengthen systems guarding against fraud and protecting the integrity of the Irish passport”.
To cope with the demand, it launched an online passport renewal service in March of this year. This enables Irish citizens to renew their passport online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
So far, over 100,000 passports have been issued following online applications.
Over 38,000 Irish citizens went for the passport card, which was introduced in 2016.
But Coveney took the opportunity to remind people not to lose sight of their passport’s expiry date, and to apply for renewal outside of the peak season.
Minister of State Ciarán Cannon, TD added that for those Irish citizens choosing to apply through Irish Embassies and Consulates during 2017, the Irish Consulate in New York continued to be the location with the highest demand for passports, followed by Canberra, San Francisco, Sydney and Pretoria.
Passport stats in 2017
Passports applications by location
According to AA Ireland, 13% of people have arrived at an airport to discover that they had forgotten their passport. Overall, 15.77% of men reported doing this, compared to 9.87% of women. Its AA Travel Insurance survey also found that over 1 in 10 Irish people have either lost or had their passport stolen at some stage in their lives.
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Hahahaha someone put him to bed
@Paul A Kane: he’s Putin himself to bed
@Paul A Kane: Someone put him down
Wrap her up Joe.
Time to go.
The great thing about Joe Biden is that he won’t remember all the disastrous decisions he’s made.
@Stephen Gaffney: he doesn’t make any, all his decisions are made for him
Game over. We like our world leaders to vaguely be able to string a sentence together. Is that too much to ask.
The man’s a liability.
I’m sure Zelensky loved that.
@Ger Whelan: it be funnier had he said Monica Zelenskyy
He corrected himself immediately and even made a joke about it. Talk about a big fat nothing burger of a story.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been heavily implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein files. That’s right, Jeffrey Epstein the sex offender who trafficked children for sexual abuse.
Where’s the headline story about that?!
@Conrad Stapletwin:
Maybe Prince Andrew could strike a deal,and let us know.
@at least Andrew does not sweat:
@Conrad Stapletwin:
Is that Epstein any relation to the Epstein who ran a Mossad shakedown racket,and faked his own death?
@Conrad Stapletwin: So were the Clinton’s. And it won’t make a difference which of them is elected. Maybe Trump is a lot more ignorant. But the idea that it will make a difference and that the world can’t do better than this is a joke. Like Kang and Kodos from the Simpsons. The irony of stating its a democratic system when you MUST choose democrat or republican is a joke. It’s actually anti democratic.
@Oisin Boyd: but Trump is a fascist and in case you haven’t noticed the Clinton’s are running d’oh
@Justin Mcnulty: And my point is that they are all fascists. If you think otherwise you’re brainwashed. No matter who gets in the poor remain poor, the health system and housing gets worse and countries still get bombed. Why do we even bother???? Its still all money and power and a game to these lot at the end of the day. I get your point of going for the lesser of two evils. But thats like saying I’d rather someone chopped my di** off than die
@Oisin Boyd: Ah Mr.Holmes we meet again.
Who is in control? It is a legitimate question. The far left deflect. But who is in control?
@Oh Mammy: power remains in the shadows, always.
Oh my God, please Democrats. Is Michelle Obama doing anything? This guy is going to hand this to the Republicans and their orange ventriloquist dummy and this time it will be exponentially worse, they have done an impressive job of stacking the deck.
@Mark Anthony Savage: the irony of calling Trump a ventriloquist dummy and then advocating for someone like Michelle Obama because …….
@Mark Anthony Savage: really? Obama? The bomber OBamas wife?
Go for broke, go woke.
Dementia awareness
@sakk sa: Early signs and symptoms are:
forgetting things or recent events
losing or misplacing things
getting lost when walking or driving
being confused, even in familiar places
losing track of time
difficulties solving problems or making decisions
problems following conversations or trouble finding words
difficulties performing familiar tasks
misjudging distances to objects visually
Am I the only one who thinks Joe Biden is showing early signs of Dementia?
@John Deane: Yeah you are definitely the first person I heard say it anyway
@John Deane: yeah you’re the absolute first person to make such an observation in recent times. Come on man!
@John Deane: keep up pal, have you not been paying attention, say the last 4 years, while you are at it you want to go and get yourself checked out for not seeing what the wife and the world are watching.
There’s no show without a Joe show.
Ah lads!, will somebody please throw in the towel for him.
@DJ Bermo: As my granpappy use to say ‘Don’t throw the towel in Joey, throw the sponge, i mean throw the soap, no eh the bucket, yeh the bucket he’d say throw the bucket while you’re drying the towel and eating the soap for the, for the eh, COVID and anyways we beat the socks off medicare ‘…….
Hope he doesn’t mix up the nukes code with his ATM code. Instead of getting a few dollars, he might launch a few. Seriously though, I’m not sure why Trump and himself just don’t retire. I’m not sure what they are trying to prove at their age. Let some younger ideas flow.
@did you every wonder: because. Trump thinks he is still 30 and is untouchable . He’s the reason two police officers were killed by revving up his followers . He should be locked up.
@did you every wonder: is simple for trump – he’s running to try and keep himself out of jail
I’m no genius but f me when ya cant rember the name of the man who is holding the world to ransom should ya really be in charge of the red button
@Nikki Swift: he has to give up the goast and step down. but my god Americans are mad enough to vote for either of the
He’s great craic our Joe
@qffaffaf affrafrfraf: I am glad you claim him…..
The man is a disaster.
Obama chose him as VPOTUS because he was ‘Harmless Sleepy Joe’… 16 years later he is ‘Catonic Joe’ who risks ushering a madman back into to the Whitehouse.
Mr Biden is doing ok in his press conference he is indeed Presidential material for sure he’s a good man.
Lol it’s a tactic … it’s a warning to Russia
@Brian O’Connor: lol as is saying President Putin of Ukraine … will never happen ! It’s a warning ⚠️
Iam concerned about president Joe’s age but the thought that the lying treacherous sex offender fraudster orange thing could become a president again is not acceptable
@Robert Halvey: absolutely
As my granpappy use to say ‘Don’t throw the towel in Joey, throw the sponge, i mean throw the soap, no eh the bucket, yeh the bucket he’d say throw the bucket while you’re drying the towel and eating the soap for the, for the eh, COVID and anyways we beat the socks off medicare ‘…….
The Democrats should resign themselves to losing right now. But if they made the tough decision and swapped Joe out for Kamala Harris, suddenly they have a compelling candidate who should easily beat Trump
@Ian McDonald: Ah yes,good old Kamala,the woman who ‘blew’ away all opposition as she climbed the political ladder,let’s put her in charge!
@Ian McDonald: In what way is she a compelling candidate?
@Athena: I left out ‘more’.
Jimmy Carter is still alive, surely he could run…
That’s a warning shot across the bow .. see what will Putin do now taking the decision to invade neighbouring country and killing innocent children ..
@Brian O’Connor: zelensky supports Israel who are doing much worse than Russia….make it make sense
Soon won’t be a problem for him. Trump will win the next one
Both candidates are old but Trump is a fascist. How about focusing on that!
His scary to say the least.
He’s always Putin his foot in it.
This is just the worst thing that could be happening does this trump et mouth will get his seat at the white house or will there be a new candidate In the running.
They were hiding and covering for his gaffs for years but now everyone is calling it out as there is an agenda to replace him, some how..
To be fair he could have been exhausted and half asleep murmering like eamon was in the dail after clocking in happens to the best of us just not the salaries they earn for it tho.
Zelenskyy doesn’t care what Joe calls him as long as he keeps handing over those big fat cheques.
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