can anybody tell me whether i would need a passport to travel ireland (cork) and the cheapest way of getting there?

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tia x

If you have a UK passport you don't technicly need one but it's the only form of ID that airlines will accept so, yes.

As for cheapest way- where are you. You can get a no-frills flight to Cork quite easily and the airport is really close to the city.

technically

No passport needed I don't think, but you need to have photo ID (I think). mind you, I've not been to Ireland for a while and I alwways take my passport anyway, they may have changed the rules.

From what I remember you can get a bus to Cork (possibly even a train) from Dublin. How are you getting there - ferry?

I've got a coach from Rosslaire before and it was fairly easy.

we're in the south, i've never got round to getting a passport. would i need one on a ferry?

ferries arent that cheap tbh (especially if you are taking a car)

cork has an airport iirc, you would need to check if your local airport flies there.

Yes to passport.

You still have to go through customs but I've been several times on the ferry and it's not like an airport.

Yahoo answers thing says a driving licence is ok, answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071130164003AAkhRiM

"If you are a UK or Irish citizen then you don't need a passport, otherwise you do"

Do you have a photo ID driver's licence, dmt? You'd probably be OK with that, because the RoI and the UK are part of a common travel area. However, you'd need to check with your airline that they'd accept an alternative form of ID. I flew Manchester-Cork in July last year with BMI Baby and it was relatively cheap IIRC (someone else was paying, as I went for work, but I still tried to keep the cost down). Have a look at the BMI Baby website - they are bound to fly from airports in the south too.

Check what the airline or ferry company requires - passport not required by the Irish authorities but many people have been caught out by airline requirements. Ryanair flight likely to be the cheapest way of getting there depending on where you live. Foot passenger on ferry is cheap but you have the travel to get to the port and at the other side.

If you're taking the ferry you can go from Swansea to Cork - it's a long journey though. My parents told me that the ferries are going to start insisting on passports but I don't know when that will be so best to check.

We were invited to a wedding in Cork in August this year but flights from london airport to cork were around £200 for me and dh, we cant go anyway as its a friday wedding so we'd need to thursday to saturday and noone to have the dd's (they were not invited) plus to much £'s for flight/hotel/presents/drinks etc

thats really helpful, thanks so much everybody x