Do I need a passport when travelling from Dublin to London?

mrblondecutsear

Hi!

I'm travelling to London this Friday via Ryanair. My passport was damaged a few weeks ago and had to send away for a replacement however it still hasn't arrived and don't think it'll get to me before I head off on Friday.

I checked citezensinformation.ie and they state that:

"The Common Travel Area means that there are no passport controls in operation for Irish and UK citizens travelling between the 2 countries. You do not need to have a passport in order to enter the other country. However, all air and sea carriers require some form of identification and some regard a passport as the only valid identification."

I then checked ryanairs website to see what documents they require when travelling to the UK and it states that they only require:

"Any photo ID which matches the passenger name in the booking."

I was going to bring along my student I.D along with my birth certificate. Should that be enough? Has anyone else had any experience with this as I'm getting a little worried I won't be able to travel?

ASOT

mrblondecutsear wrote: »

Hi!

I'm travelling to London this Friday via Ryanair. My passport was damaged a few weeks ago and had to send away for a replacement however it still hasn't arrived and don't think it'll get to me before I head off on Friday.

I checked citezensinformation.ie and they state that:

"The Common Travel Area means that there are no passport controls in operation for Irish and UK citizens travelling between the 2 countries. You do not need to have a passport in order to enter the other country. However, all air and sea carriers require some form of identification and some regard a passport as the only valid identification."

I then checked ryanairs website to see what documents they require when travelling to the UK and it states that they only require:

"Any photo ID which matches the passenger name in the booking."

I was going to bring along my student I.D along with my birth certificate. Should that be enough? Has anyone else had any experience with this as I'm getting a little worried I won't be able to travel?

You need a passport traveling with Ryan air.

Ryanair only accept Passports.

coylemj

This has been asked 100s of times here. The answer is that Ryanair insist on a passport, for Irish travellers there is no other option. Forget Citizens Advice, it's a Ryanair condition of travel and there is no alternative.

Aer Lingus will more or less accept anything with your photo on it, if you go by ferry you probably won't be asked for anything but with Ryanair it's a passport or nothing.

mrblondecutsear

Thanks a lot for the replies everyone!

Yamanoto

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Ryanair only accept Passports.

In general yep, but I overheard a conversation between an FR gate agent & a customer service rep over walkie-talkie in T1 last week, whereby the CS rep instructed the agent to allow a passenger board with a valid driving license only. Wouldn't recommend trying it of course, but it was interesting to see they do have scope to bend official policy on occasion.