Any Benefits to Me Getting An Irish Passport?

[Longy]

Me nana was Irish, so I qualify for an Irish passport (I believe). Someone I work with got very excited when I mentioned it & said I should get it ASAP. What’s the benefits for me?

I don’t intend to live or work in the EU. Holidays are with my wife & kids, who are English, so they wouldn’t qualify, so passport control wouldn’t be different.

Can only think if travel, work or travelling abroad alone a lot there’d be advantages

 

[Dan The Man]

Probably circumnavigation around Brexit issues and that’s about it

 

[crudeFool]

I'm pretty sure if you get an Irish passport, then your kids will also be entitled. Would definitely be worth it for them - it'll open up tons of opportunities for them. Also, say if you decided to work abroad or even retire, because your wife is married to an EU citizen, you can get residency visas etc, meaning you're not tied down by the 90 day travel rules.
Non-EU spouses and children

For a little bit of hassle, you'd be mad not to go for it, especially for the opportunities it'll give your children...

 

[Longy]

I'm pretty sure if you get an Irish passport, then your kids will also be entitled. Would definitely be worth it for them - it'll open up tons of opportunities for them. Also, say if you decided to work abroad or even retire, because your wife is married to an EU citizen, you can get residency visas etc, meaning you're not tied down by the 90 day travel rules.
Non-EU spouses and children

For a little bit of hassle, you'd be mad not to go for it, especially for the opportunities it'll give your children...

Excellent, thank you.

 

[LewisLad]

As above, do it for your kids. Who's to say if they'll want to stay in the UK in 20, 30, 40 years time. You're giving them a pretty decent option with an EU passport.

 

[pablo casals]

I got mine. Dont brother with the UK one now.

Cheaper, more freedom to move and you'll win the rugby

 

[Longy]

As above, do it for your kids. Who's to say if they'll want to stay in the UK in 20, 30, 40 years time. You're giving them a pretty decent option with an EU passport.

I mean, I also don’t want them to move abroad like. Fuck what they want

 

[The King of Um]

Your kids absolutely won't be eligible, sorry.

They only would be if you had got your Irish nationality before they were born.

 

[Bob Fleming]

Your kids absolutely won't be eligible, sorry.

They only would be if you had got your Irish nationality before they were born.

This is true.

But it's worth doing just to use the EU queue at airports. They will allow your whole family through even though its just you with the EU passport. It's class when the UK queue is huge.

 

[Longy]

This is true.

But it's worth doing just to use the EU queue at airports. They will allow your whole family through even though its just you with the EU passport. It's class when the UK queue is huge.

Well if this is true it’s 100% worth it. Especially coming home when about 90 buses all seem to come in at once.

 

[Bob Fleming]

Well if this is true it’s 100% worth it. Especially coming home when about 90 buses all seem to come in at once.

Yep just me wife with the Irish passport and we all go through that queue. Class at Alicante as I can spot Brexit voters in the other queue

Will be getting them for the kids once British ones expire next.

 

[Shambo]

For possible future opportunities alone it would be well worth just having one

 

[Darlo1973]

Yep just me wife with the Irish passport and we all go through that queue. Class at Alicante as I can spot Brexit voters in the other queue

Will be getting them for the kids once British ones expire next.

45 minutes to get through the "other passport" queue at Málaga the other day. EU passport holders just sailed through.

Loads of people moaning in the queue about being treated as second class citizens even though a lot of them voted for it.

 

[rokerexile]

Do it!

 

[Scorer]

I'm pretty sure if you get an Irish passport, then your kids will also be entitled. Would definitely be worth it for them - it'll open up tons of opportunities for them. Also, say if you decided to work abroad or even retire, because your wife is married to an EU citizen, you can get residency visas etc, meaning you're not tied down by the 90 day travel rules.
Non-EU spouses and children

For a little bit of hassle, you'd be mad not to go for it, especially for the opportunities it'll give your children...

Parents or grandparents have to be Irish. I’m eligible as is my son but I don’t think his children will be. Keep meaning to apply but have to get copies of various docs to do so.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

You had a phone call from Jack Charlton?

 

[CissesUnderpants9]

Go for it, it’s worth it’s wait in gold.

 

[HarrogateMackem]

Yeah well worth doing, especially for your kids. Who knows when they'd want to move abroad.

Yep just me wife with the Irish passport and we all go through that queue. Class at Alicante as I can spot Brexit voters in the other queue

Will be getting them for the kids once British ones expire next.

Bastards. I gave up my British passport and only have my kiwi one these days (it makes no difference to visas in Europe etc.) and I'm still stuck in the slow lane with everyone else

 

[Goat Eyes]

45 minutes to get through the "other passport" queue at Málaga the other day. EU passport holders just sailed through.

Loads of people moaning in the queue about being treated as second class citizens even though a lot of them voted for it.

I’ve twice waited 90 minutes and 3.5 hours at Charles De Gaulle. I might get mine for my work trips if nowt else. I’m due a new one by 2028.

 

[mickb2112]

You can always waltz through passport control with your kids and go and sit in the bar for a couple of hours, watch the footie and wait for your wife to get through the Brexit queue and then nip off home nice and refreshed.