Garda IDs

Attol · 12-09-2005 10:33pm #1

Just wondering if anyone else has had trouble with these abroad. A friend of mine recently came to visit me in England. He used his Garda ID instead of a passport for the flight and had no troubles. When we went to buy booze he was refused and told "we don't accept those here". It's so funny that the Irish national age card is refused in other countries.

aidan_walsh · 12-09-2005 10:38pm

LadyLotts wrote:

It's so funny that the Irish national age card is refused in other countries.

Hardly. They have no way to know if its real or a piss take. Plus, the Garda card has no legal status there, unlike a passport.

seamus · 12-09-2005 10:41pm

Same as if you tried to present an Irish student ID to avail of a discount. How would a British retailer know that the college even existed, let alone if the card was real?

Attol · 12-09-2005 10:42pm

My English student card works in Ireland...

aidan_walsh · 12-09-2005 10:46pm

LadyLotts wrote:

My English student card works in Ireland...

Thats up to the Irish retailer as to whether they want to accept it, same as the British. If it was fake and they were caught out, they would be in trouble. I'm not surprised they didn't want to take the risk.

Supercell · 12-09-2005 11:35pm

Wake up..if you have a beef about UK people maybe the Politics forum is the place to post it.

aidan_walsh · 12-09-2005 11:38pm

It's not a political matter, so maybe not...

klong · 12-09-2005 11:58pm

The student bar in the college Im in in Canada accepts Garda ID in conjunction with student ID :-)

Samson · 13-09-2005 12:04am

Longfield wrote:

Wake up..if you have a beef about UK people maybe the Politics forum is the place to post it.

Huh, what are you on about?
Nobody mentioned anything about "having a beef with UK people".

Nightwish · 13-09-2005 12:14am

I had the same problem with my age card in Edinburgh. However my USIT card was accepted in Wales at the doctors and chemist-as they, unlike here, give students free prescriptions as well as free GP visits

zuma · 13-09-2005 5:20am

Longfield wrote:

Wake up..if you have a beef about UK people maybe the Politics forum is the place to post it.

You must have a major chip on your shoulder!

I thought people from the UK were referred to as British anyway???

nesf · 13-09-2005 5:37am

Tbh, a passport is the only form of ID you should expect to be recognised abroad.

It's just common sense tbh.

Cabaal · 13-09-2005 6:14am

I used my Gardi ID as a form of ID when paying for stuff via Credit Card while in America, they did'ent know what it was but the read the back and just said ok.
Used it several times in different shops.

JackKelly · 13-09-2005 7:10am

Longfield wrote:

Wake up..if you have a beef about UK people maybe the Politics forum is the place to post it.

lol, misinterpretation of the year.

BizzyC · 13-09-2005 8:52am

Cabaal wrote:

I used my Gardi ID as a form of ID when paying for stuff via Credit Card while in America, they did'ent know what it was but the read the back and just said ok.
Used it several times in different shops.

Yes, but the Garda ID is something that a retailer can choose to accept, because it's not legally recognised in their country.

Going to another country and expecting them to accept it is a bit niave.

DS · 13-09-2005 11:32am

It's so funny that the Irish national age card is refused in other countries.

And funnier still that it's refused in THIS country. There's places in Galway that don't accept them, which makes them entirely pointless.

Actually that reminds me of a hilarious refusal. I was with my friend buying drink in Tesco ages ago, and some foreigner at the till asked him for I.D.. So my friend shows her his Irish passport, and she says "sorry, we only accept those", pointing to the national age card notice on the wall. It's a ****ing passport for **** sake you retard! He just laughed and went to another till.

nesf · 13-09-2005 11:42am

Basic manners are so lacking these days.

TerrorFirmer · 13-09-2005 12:26pm

Longfield wrote:

Wake up..if you have a beef about UK people maybe the Politics forum is the place to post it.

Eh....lol?

Are you in the right thread here at all or what..

Anyway, I haven't bothered getting an age card. Stupid, useless piece of plastic I'm told in most cases that require ID for any purpose.

13-09-2005 12:42pm

The Garda Age Card is for over-18s (in Ireland) who don't want to have to bring out their passport on a night out to prove their age. It's called a national age card because it for use nation-wide, not because it's an official international card. And I'm pretty sure those places in Galway are breaking the law by not accepting it

Catsmokinpot · 13-09-2005 12:55pm

my passport got refused going in to ruby's in waterford one night, i said "do i need a visa?" they said why? i goes "i didnt know i was outside the EU youd think i could get in to this fúckin shíthole without a visa" i went up to a guard and told him what they had done, and he took me down and told em to let me in i laughed my ass off as i was walking by, i goes "you'd want to check the actual underagers walkin in here all the time instead of the people who have better things to do than argue with arse wipe bouncers"

Dave! · 13-09-2005 2:01pm

zuma wrote:

You must have a major chip on your shoulder!

I thought people from the UK were referred to as British anyway???

No, that would be people from Britain (England, Scotland & Wales)

4Xcut · 13-09-2005 2:12pm

nesf wrote:

Basic manners are so lacking these days.

as is a remote clue as to what constitutes a compotent employee

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