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AIRLINE APPEAL:RYANAIR HAS SAID it will not waive its requirement for passengers travelling between Ireland and Britain to carry their passports. A Fianna Fáil TD, Michael Kennedy, had argued that such a move would be a “small gesture” to alleviate the stress experienced by passengers who cannot fly because of the industrial dispute at the Passport Office in Dublin.

“There is only a legal requirement to show photo ID when travelling in Ireland or to the UK,” he said, “so I am asking for Ryanair to show some leniency and facilitate those who are without their passports due to no fault of their own.”