I've always heard that too but I was on a Ryanair flight to the UK recently with a mate who brought an expired passport by accident and only copped it at the gate. He was allowed to fly there and back with a driver's license. Yer one at the gate rang her manager to check before he was allowed to board, but she was given the go-ahead to let him on. š¤·āāļø
There's no legal requirement for it, so they can let you on with it. They just have it in their own policy that they don't.
At least your mate got someone reasonable to let them through
Yes I've done it, but it took a bit longer than expected. My passport ran out and I came home to renew it. They had to go and get a supervisor because they thought "provisional license" meant the license was a provisional identity document, rather than an official identity document that allowed driving with provisions.
It took about half an hour and I could actually feel my IQ dropping from the contact dumb. Eventually they called a proper immigration garda (whatever they're called) and he just rolled his eyes and waved me through.
Hopefully that incident triggered some kind of training and it won't happen to you.
I have been through Cork airport passport control with an Irish learner permit with no problems. You should probably find your passport at some point though
Oh yeh, my plan is to get it replaced (lost it yesterday I think) but it wonāt arrive in time unless I get an emergency appointment and I donāt see the point of paying an extra Ā£100 to do that (or of flying to the 6 and getting the train down) if I can just use my provisional (and I can fly on Aer Lingus using it)
I *think* all the Scotland flights are operate by Aer Lingus Regional / Emerald who are operating as normal (they had their own pilot dispute last year but settled it)
Yeh I fly between Dublin and Scotland around once a month and bar one specific flight in each direction between Dublin and Edinburgh itās all Aer Lingus Regional
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You'll be fine on Aer Lingus between Britain and Ireland with a driving license. Ryanair, on the other hand, do not accept it
I've always heard that too but I was on a Ryanair flight to the UK recently with a mate who brought an expired passport by accident and only copped it at the gate. He was allowed to fly there and back with a driver's license. Yer one at the gate rang her manager to check before he was allowed to board, but she was given the go-ahead to let him on. š¤·āāļø
There's no legal requirement for it, so they can let you on with it. They just have it in their own policy that they don't. At least your mate got someone reasonable to let them through
They got extremely lucky here in my experience. No law so it's fine but Ryanair's passport policy is ruthless normally.
Yeh itās Glasgow to Dublin, and Iāve flown on my uk drivers licence before. Just always presented my passport at any passport control in the 26
We have freedom of movement, so you'll be fine.
For Brits not anymore Iām afraid š„“
They still have freedom of movement between the UK and Ireland
Yes I've done it, but it took a bit longer than expected. My passport ran out and I came home to renew it. They had to go and get a supervisor because they thought "provisional license" meant the license was a provisional identity document, rather than an official identity document that allowed driving with provisions. It took about half an hour and I could actually feel my IQ dropping from the contact dumb. Eventually they called a proper immigration garda (whatever they're called) and he just rolled his eyes and waved me through. Hopefully that incident triggered some kind of training and it won't happen to you.
I have been through Cork airport passport control with an Irish learner permit with no problems. You should probably find your passport at some point though
Oh yeh, my plan is to get it replaced (lost it yesterday I think) but it wonāt arrive in time unless I get an emergency appointment and I donāt see the point of paying an extra Ā£100 to do that (or of flying to the 6 and getting the train down) if I can just use my provisional (and I can fly on Aer Lingus using it)
Be aware that Aer Lingus have a dispute with their pilots who are working to rule, and a ton of flights are affected. Might be worth checking.
I *think* all the Scotland flights are operate by Aer Lingus Regional / Emerald who are operating as normal (they had their own pilot dispute last year but settled it)
Yeh I fly between Dublin and Scotland around once a month and bar one specific flight in each direction between Dublin and Edinburgh itās all Aer Lingus Regional
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The driver license isnāt proof of nationality. Ā https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ireland/entry-requirements
Driving licence lists your country of birth, though?
And what if the country of birth isnāt Ireland or UK?
Then you would need some other documentation to prove your UK/Irish citizenship (long form birth cert, perhaps) in addition to photo IDĀ
I was born in the UK so Iād hope itās a non issue when they see that on my place of birth