New ID laws

Seloth · 16-01-2010 01:06AM #1

Apparently because of a new high court ruling only Garda ID cards are acceptable...Not even passports!

This is going to cause some traffic in the system,It takes long enough to get a age card already,imagine what its going to be like now!

and why shouldn't a passport be acceptable,they are official documents!...and what about tourists???

Tis a bit ridiculous tbh.

GLUEY · 16-01-2010 01:09AM

Source?

16-01-2010 01:10AM

sounds like some bouncer fed you a load of sh1te.

Seloth · 16-01-2010 01:11AM

Its actually true...

We got a text of the local club saying this,and then called the Garda Barracks to confirm it which they did.

I'm looking for a source on the net there now.

jimmycrackcorm · 16-01-2010 01:12AM

good news - easier to fake

El Siglo · 16-01-2010 01:12AM

If it's good enough for customs, it's good enough for coppers. What's the source for this op?

poisonated · 16-01-2010 01:13AM

Esso has had that in for as long as I remember.I always found it very strange!!

Alanstrainor · 16-01-2010 01:14AM

That is dumb. Make my drivers license into a bloody card ffs and then it'd make sense.

Coriolanus · 16-01-2010 01:14AM

The bars can choose whatever id they want to accept. It's got nothing to do with a passport being official or not.

TouchingVirus · 16-01-2010 01:16AM

El Siglo wrote: »

If it's good enough for customs, it's good enough for coppers

Precisely, if it's good enough to buy me a plane ticket, gain me entry to another country and is valid ID over there then it's good enough for me to get a few beers down the local.

Rabies · 16-01-2010 01:17AM

GLUEY wrote: »

Source?

link

Doubt if the Garda ID will be the only form of ID acceptable.
Doesn't make sense.

sogg · 16-01-2010 01:18AM

A few years ago I was kicked out of my local (middle of the day, drinking minerals just after stopping in after a walk!) because I had no garda id. I knew I looked young so used to always carry my passport with me but they wouldn't even look at it....but sure it would get me into another country but not into my local??! Didin't go back for years - I was mortified!!

phasers · 16-01-2010 01:20AM

Tesco and Aldi will only accept Garda IDs. Arseholes.

Rabies · 16-01-2010 01:20AM

sogg wrote: »

A few years ago I was kicked out of my local (middle of the day, drinking minerals just after stopping in after a walk!) because I had no garda id. I knew I looked young so used to always carry my passport with me but they wouldn't even look at it....but sure it would get me into another country but not into my local??! Didin't go back for years - I was mortified!!

Its not your local.

A local is a place where you always go, and you're recognised.

They don't know you, told to get out.
Carry ID, especially when you look young

El Siglo · 16-01-2010 01:21AM

Honestly, your passport is everything it's your citizenship in a maroon covered booklet. How in God's name is this any less acceptable as ID for getting drink than some piece of plastic you get off the Gardai after 6-8 weeks? If my passport is refused by a bouncer or publican, I'd leave.

Seloth · 16-01-2010 01:21AM

I find it ironic because in allot of other countries they look at the Garda ID and go wtf is this,do you have any real ID?

psycho-hope · 16-01-2010 01:32AM

phasers wrote: »

Tesco and Aldi will only accept Garda IDs. Arseholes.

the tesco beside where i work will take a driving liscence or a passport as I have used either on a few occasions

Biggins · 16-01-2010 01:32AM

El Siglo wrote: »

Honestly, your passport is everything it's your citizenship in a maroon covered booklet. How in God's name is this any less acceptable as ID for getting drink than some piece of plastic you get off the Gardai after 6-8 weeks? If my passport is refused by a bouncer or publican, I'd leave.

Same here - if I was young enough to be stopped. I'm not.

Their loss in the long run, it might be yet another nail in their coffin for the reason of why they are making themselves go out of business.

Victor · 16-01-2010 01:33AM

Seloth wrote: »

only Garda ID

What will I do, I'm not a garda!

Biggins · 16-01-2010 01:33AM

Victor wrote: »

What will I do, I'm not a garda!

LOL :pac:

phasers · 16-01-2010 01:35AM

psycho-hope wrote: »

the tesco beside where i work will take a driving liscence or a passport as I have used either on a few occasions

That's weird cos I've been to most of the Tescos in Dublin and not only will they not accept any other form of ID, they're really rude about it

Mint Sauce · 16-01-2010 01:35AM

Seloth wrote: »

Apparently because of a new high court ruling only Garda ID cards are acceptable...Not even passports!

This is going to cause some traffic in the system,It takes long enough to get a age card already,imagine what its going to be like now!

and why shouldn't a passport be acceptable,they are official documents!...and what about tourists???

Tis a bit ridiculous tbh.

elaborate, in what cases are we talking about here, ryanairs new check-in/boarding policy maybe

Seloth · 16-01-2010 01:36AM

Yeah tescos accepted my passport...except the time I tried suing my old one in which the teller claimed they could be sued

Biggins · 16-01-2010 01:39AM

Its laughtable.
Its harder here to get an alcoholic drink now in this country than some times I've seen reported on the news, to claim for social welfare having just arrived in the country from a European state!

More dumb Irish madness.

marko91 · 16-01-2010 01:39AM

ah no thats my 17 yearld brother ****ed for clubbing tomorrow night with my passport:pac:

Seloth · 16-01-2010 01:44AM

lol what I'm finding funny is hat my friends turnign 18 monday,and the plan was to go clubbing after the party in his house friday :rolleyes:...poor guy.

marko91 · 16-01-2010 01:46AM

is it actualy true?...wouldnt it be on the news like?...whats the reason behind this?

only in ireland will a passport permit you to enter another country but not enter a nightclub:rolleyes:

DB10 · 16-01-2010 01:47AM

Noo! There going to be even stricter in nightclubs after this bollocks.

**** the government and the gardai! Why dont they catch some real ****ing criminals. They are a laughing stock.

dan1895 · 16-01-2010 01:51AM

Years of facial hair growth is ID enough for me. Anyone has the cheek to ask me they'd be getting laughed at in the face and their establishment wouldn't be seeing a penny of my money.

Biggins · 16-01-2010 01:56AM

dan1895 wrote: »

Years of facial hair growth is ID enough for me. Anyone has the cheek to ask me they'd be getting laughed at in the face and their establishment wouldn't be seeing a penny of my money.

They wouldn't see a cent of mine either in this country of Ireland.

You still hanging on to those pennies? I got bad news for ya... lol

amacachi · 16-01-2010 02:01AM

phasers wrote: »

That's weird cos I've been to most of the Tescos in Dublin and not only will they not accept any other form of ID, they're really rude about it

Not trying to be funny but do you look well under 18? Or 21 depending on if it's one of the awkward branches. I know from experience here that some places don't accept passports if someone looks a good bit younger than the age on the passport. It's ridiculous though, I got into a club twice before my 18th birthday by giving them my passport saying I was 17. :pac:

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