Traveling from England to Ireland

JosephCostello

Hiya,

Not sure if this is in the right place.. If its not, by all means move it.

Right so, my aunt in Dublin is having dialysis and its not working so she has been given a couple of weeks to live. I'm living in London now and I will need to go back in a short amount of time the only problem I have is I have no Passport or any form of photo ID so I'm here to ask will I have any problems getting over, It will probably be easier on the boat .. I will be phoning the embassy tomorrow to see what they say, but until then I'd be very grateful for any info.

I know my second post here is a bit depressing but I suppose finding the forum is one good thing came out of this..

Cheers

trellheim

Sorry for your situation.

A driving licence will do if you are flying.

MagicMarker

trellheim wrote: »

Sorry for your situation.

A driving licence will do if you are flying.

He says he doesn't have any Photo I.D.

Joseph, I don't know how it works over there but here, if it's an emergency you can get a passport pretty quickly if you go directly to the office that provides them. Explain the situation and you may have one within a couple of days, if not the same day.

L1011

Officially you don't need ID on the boat. I haven't been asked for ID ever on the dublin-HH route; but I have on Pembroke to Rosslare...

However, as other posters have said, you should be able to sort out a passport pronto if required - my mother has got a same-day printing (of a 1 year temporary passport mind) before.

Cool Mo D

If you want to be sure of no checks, take the ferry to Northern Ireland. It's a big detour from London, but you definitely don't need ID (Although that may change in the not too distant future!)

Tipsy Mac

Cool Mo D wrote: »

If you want to be sure of no checks, take the ferry to Northern Ireland. It's a big detour from London, but you definitely don't need ID (Although that may change in the not too distant future!)

On a bus possibly, in a car or foot passenger I would say he would be asked for ID.

G_R

first off sorry to hear about your Aunt,

i havent taken the ferry very often but anytime i have done i was never asked for ID so i'd say taking the ferry might be your best bet.

dont want to keep repeating it but as others have said if you go to the Irish Embassy in London (i'm assuming your Irish, if not the UK passport office or whatever its called) explain you situation and they should be able to give u a temporary passport of 6months or a year so that you can travel.

JosephCostello

Thanks for the info guys.

Yeah I will be getting the coach. I think it would be the best option..

dannym08 wrote: »

first off sorry to hear about your Aunt,

i havent taken the ferry very often but anytime i have done i was never asked for ID so i'd say taking the ferry might be your best bet.

dont want to keep repeating it but as others have said if you go to the Irish Embassy in London (i'm assuming your Irish, if not the UK passport office or whatever its called) explain you situation and they should be able to give u a temporary passport of 6months or a year so that you can travel.

Thanks..

Yep I'm Irish.. I will be phoning the embassy tomorrow, I would have done it today but I got the news to late.

L1011

Tipsy Mac wrote: »

On a bus possibly, in a car or foot passenger I would say he would be asked for ID.

Between Scotland and NI? Almost certainly not in a car. You get asked once in a blue moon between Ireland and Wales as it is - and anyway, you don't *need* ID for ferry crossings; its only for air travel and that is only a paranoid requirement of our government.

markpb

JosephCostello wrote: »

Thanks for the info guys. Yeah I will be getting the coach. I think it would be the best option..

You can fly from London to Belfast without any ID, a credit card with your name on it will suffice (I've done it before). From there you can get a bus to Dublin. You *may* be stopped and asked for ID when the bus crosses the border but it's so rare, I wouldn't worry about it,. Once you sound Irish/English, they're not likely to care since you don't need ID to travel here anyway.

lynchie

Aerlingus will allow you to fly on compassionate grounds from the UK to Ireland with no ID. I've done it before for my cousin who is in London the past 15 years with no drivers license or passport. I just rang Aerlingus, explained it to them and they sold me a "compassionate" fare that was open ended and all my cousin had to do was present herself at the sales desk in Heathrow and all was sorted.

Mucco

Go to the passport office with forms filled, witnessed and birth cert. They can fast-track a passport. The office is in Knightsbridge, across the road from Harrod's. It's only a small entrance so easy to miss.
http://www.embassyofireland.co.uk/home/index.aspx?id=33722

Cool Mo D

MYOB wrote: »

Between Scotland and NI? Almost certainly not in a car. You get asked once in a blue moon between Ireland and Wales as it is - and anyway, you don't *need* ID for ferry crossings; its only for air travel and that is only a paranoid requirement of our government.

You *definitely* won't get asked for ID between Scotland and NI on a ferry, for the simple reason that they are both part of the UK, which doesn't have internal ID checks. The only place you might be asked is a spot check crossing into the Republic, but it's very unlikely.

MOH

It was years ago, but got the coach from Amsterdam - Dublin via London. About 12 hours London-Dublin, but definitely wasn't asked for any ID.

Húrin

Go to Euston Station and buy a "Sail Rail" ticket to Dublin. It will cost £27, and it will be a ticket for both the train to Holyhead and ferry to Dublin.

see www.sailrail.com for timetables. Trains link up with ferries.

antoinolachtnai

Go to the consulate and get the passport. You may find you need to fly in a hurry at some stage. They will give you a passport at short notice if you really need it.

JosephCostello

Just thanking everyone for the help, I really appreciated it.

We drove over and had no problems with I.D on either side, the boat was rough though, scary rough.. Everything else was ok, Dublin was nice, hope to spend more time there under better circumstances.

Richard

markpb wrote: »

You can fly from London to Belfast without any ID, a credit card with your name on it will suffice (I've done it before). From there you can get a bus to Dublin. You *may* be stopped and asked for ID when the bus crosses the border but it's so rare, I wouldn't worry about it,. Once you sound Irish/English, they're not likely to care since you don't need ID to travel here anyway.

I'm afraid all flights leaving from uk airports ( even internal ones) require at least photo ID these days.

Richard

JosephCostello wrote: »

Just thanking everyone for the help, I really appreciated it.

We drove over and had no problems with I.D on either side, the boat was rough though, scary rough.. Everything else was ok, Dublin was nice, hope to spend more time there under better circumstances.

Really glad to hear you got it sorted