hi guys

I don't know why people always leave this kinda stuff till the last minute.

i've been travelling constantly for the past 6 months/needed my passport to sign a lease to rent a place/needed my passport for opening a bank account/needed my passport for the interview for a national insurance number/blah blah

when you move around in the uk and you're not british, then you need the passport for everything

this was my only chance where i've a significant break from travelling to do this..

anyways, ta lads! will send it away and hope for the best. if all else fails i can still get the ferry over without a passport, can't i?

M
 
hi lads, sorry for my extended absence, been busy busy...much of it with stupid bloody business training courses that bored the crap outta me...

but anyways, nuff bout that..i am here to pick your brains..seeing as i have no other resource of that many irish in one place..

i posted a message on the travel forum saying:

"is there an ID card for irish citizens? I need to send off me passport to the UK driving licence authority, but i need to travel to ireland during the time it's been sent away..

is there an ID card i can get from ireland that will allow me to travel (by air)"

thought perhaps the travel forum was much like the other sub-forums were and was probably rarely used, so if anyone here on the main forum can answer this, that would be great


M



p.s. 9 to 5 sucks

The irish national ID card is one and the same as the garda age card, i've used mine a few times going both ways between ireland and the uk with no problems. Does take about 6 weeks to come through the post though and you need to have your forms witnessed and stamped at your local garda station so unless you already have one then you're in trouble missy.
 
The irish national ID card is one and the same as the garda age card, i've used mine a few times going both ways between ireland and the uk with no problems. Does take about 6 weeks to come through the post though and you need to have your forms witnessed and stamped at your local garda station so unless you already have one then you're in trouble missy.

yeah i couldnt quite tell from the govt/garda websites what was what on there....

ach well....
will just risk it and send off me passport and hope driving authority send it back in time!

nice one lads.

right i'm offski again...used and abused ye...
i've sworn meself off messageboards - it's like quitting cigarettes...ain't easy...



take care

x

M
 
The irish national ID card is one and the same as the garda age card, i've used mine a few times going both ways between ireland and the uk with no problems. Does take about 6 weeks to come through the post though and you need to have your forms witnessed and stamped at your local garda station so unless you already have one then you're in trouble missy.

Who did you fly with? Does Ryanair accept these cards as ID? It's great if it worked. I'd like one of them.

I'm asking because on http://www.garda.ie/angarda/agecard.html it says "A National Age Card is a "proof of age card" and not an "Identity Card". The National Age Card is solely for the purpose stated above and should not be obtained or used for any other purpose."
 
Who did you fly with? Does Ryanair accept these cards as ID? It's great if it worked. I'd like one of them.

I'm asking because on http://www.garda.ie/angarda/agecard.html it says "A National Age Card is a "proof of age card" and not an "Identity Card". The National Age Card is solely for the purpose stated above and should not be obtained or used for any other purpose."

It was Aer lingus actually, and although it was a year or more ago i had no trouble. Maybe they're a little harder on these things now. I might try next weekend when i'm flying back.
 
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