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A NEW CAMPAIGN has been launched to remind holidaymakers to have their passport arrangements well organised in plenty of time before they depart.
The ‘Don’t Be that Person’ campaign aims to help ensure that passports are in date before making travel plans and to apply for a passport online if needed.
People are urged to use the state’s passport renewal service – Passport Online – which the department of Foreign Affairs has called the “quickest, easiest and least expensive way” for people at home and abroad to apply for their passports.
This includes new applications and first time applications for small children. In 2024, 92% of all passport applicants used the Passport Online system.
It estimated that “99.9% of applicants” worldwide can now apply online for an Irish passport. The types of passport applications that may not be covered include what the department calls ‘complex’ renewals, where if a passport has not been renewed for an extended period of time.
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin, who launched the campaign, noted that many families are currently making plans to travel abroad in 2025.
“I would encourage anyone who is considering travel to check that their passport is in date, and if they need to renew their passport or apply for the first time, to use Passport Online,” Martin said.
For more information or to renew your passport online, go to Ireland.ie/PassportOnline.
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Don’t need them if you’re coming to Ireland
@John Kenny: yawn. Incidentally all the racists who stood for election were rejected by the electorate.
@Johnny Wilson: requiring legitimate travel documents is not racism, it’s the law.
@Johnny Wilson: great virtue signal buddy
Public reminded to put water in kettle before boiling.
Applied on line for a replacement ten year passport at 12:30 on 09/12/2024. Received it in post the following morning. Excellent service. Well done Dept of Foreign Affairs. Credit where credit is due.
But but but… I thought we didn’t need passports anymore?? Doh!!
@Donna Fallon: Why did you think that? There has been no change recently in where Irish people can travel without a passport. There’s the passport card for the EU but it’s tied to your passport anyway and has the same expiry date. I’m not aware of any other relevant change since the 1920s.
@Derek Walsh:
P@#s off Derek!
@Donna Fallon:
Not if you’re entering Ireland,Donna,in which case a name scrawled on a Mars bar wrapper will be more than sufficient to see you added to the housing list and receive your medical card! Cead Mile Failte!
Working at the airport, thanks for the reminder… been out of date since 2014. :P
Coffee fell on mine, had to get a new one. Tiny stain but enough to be suspicious.
Travelled to Morocco, a queue formed at Immigration, 2 Arab guys (one in his late 70′s) and a whole family of Brazilians sailed through carrying Irish passports. Who hands out these passports, seriously.
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