# Passports
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Last month
March 2024
Immigration
Sharp increase in prosecutions and prison terms for asylum seekers arriving without passports
27 Mar
36.2k
This year
2024
Courts
US man charged with applying for Irish passports in names of dead babies faces more charges
29 Jan
12.0k
Last year
2023
Court
Gardaí yet to identify man accused of using passports in names of babies who died in 1950s
10 Oct 2023
6.9k
EU
Brexit a driver in rise of English and Welsh people holding Irish passports, UK figures suggest
31 Aug 2023
13.5k
19
passport redesign
Public to be asked for its say on new design for Irish passports
27 Jun 2023
21.1k
78
Ombudsman
'Shameful': Ombudsman slams ten-year delay by Govt to provide disabled people transport supports
14 Jun 2023
6.7k
15
All time
Papers Please
Over one million Irish passports issued in 2022, setting new record
29 Dec 2022
15.2k
24
Delays
Nearly fivefold increase in the number of complaints to the Passport Office this year
30 Jun 2022
11.9k
17
How's the form?
Passport Office to increase staff and tweak child application process in response to surge
2 Jun 2022
20.1k
7
Passports
Almost 60,000 children's passport applications remain outstanding, says Dept of Foreign Affairs
31 May 2022
19.5k
20
Delays
Passport Office 'upscaling' to respond to massive increase in demand, says Coveney
24 May 2022
17.2k
19
passport delays
'Significant delays' in processing new passports caused by a surge in demand
7 Apr 2022
26.0k
16
Passports
'Pent-up demand' could see a record 1.75m passport applications to process next year
6 Dec 2021
27.4k
10
Passport Office
Woman's passport renewal in limbo after a five-month Covid delay, a tech glitch and 'no one to help'
18 May 2021
54.4k
46
minister for foreign affairs
Cabinet to consider making Passport Office an essential service amid backlog of 90,000 requests
29 Apr 2021
39.5k
58
level 5
'Enough is enough now - I need my passport back': Months of frustration as Passport Office backlog stands at 83,000
11 Apr 2021
115k
95
level 5
Passport Office to begin processing some applications as categories of 'reasonable excuses' for travel expanded
12 Mar 2021
65.1k
77
level 5
Passport Office unable to say when people who sent their passport in pre-lockdown will get it back
5 Mar 2021
75.0k
97
Passports
Department of Foreign Affairs dismisses worker for issuing fraudulent passports after five-year paid suspension
19 Feb 2021
52.4k
Department of Foreign Affairs
Number of Irish passports issued this year fell by 60%
28 Dec 2020
18.7k
14
Passport Office
Making PSC mandatory for all passport applications would have meant 'significantly' longer waiting times
24 Sep 2019
8.6k
17
Brexit
Over half a million people have applied for Irish passports so far this year
19 Jun 2019
24.6k
66
handle the pressure
€13 million contract for new IT system and 230 new staff as Passport Service aims to cope with demand
22 Apr 2019
36.1k
23
Brexit
British passports are now being issued without the words 'European Union'
6 Apr 2019
23.0k
35
Travel plans
More than 230,000 people have applied for Irish passports so far this year
16 Mar 2019
17.2k
42
turnaround times
Number of complaints against Passport Service increases almost fivefold in two years
27 Jan 2019
20.1k
32
common travel area
Travel Identity cards and Free State passports: how Irish people travelled to the UK before free movement
20 Jan 2019
30.5k
20
CONSTITUENTS
Tánaiste says TDs using their offices for passport deliveries is 'unhelpful'
5 Jan 2019
27.4k
28
austerity measure
'A recovery for whom?': Government slammed for refusal to reintroduce free passport for pensioners
2 Jan 2019
31.3k
94
Golden Ticket
Irish passports issued to UK increase, while numbers fall in France, Germany and Spain
18 Nov 2018
22.9k
30
Passport Office
Parents to be able to renew their children's passports online by end of the year
13 Oct 2018
16.9k
8
crisis
Venezuelans rush to Peru to beat passport deadline as mass exodus continues
24 Aug 2018
24.5k
42
pettigo post office
A post office on the border has seen a 15 fold increase in passport requests from Northern Ireland citizens
6 Aug 2018
34.5k
62
Prime Numbers
How many passport applications took up to eight weeks to process? It's the week in numbers
23 Jun 2018
11.0k
8