"As a frequent traveller to ireland by sea and air, I know that checks can and do occur.For travel by air valid photo"
As a half-Irish resident I know they don't
For most of my life I have travelled back and forth to Ireland and at not time have I been asked to produce my passport - not even at the height of The Troubles.
Ryanair do occasionally demand identification of some sort, but this is more for expediency of boarding rather than security
But they are a maverick bunch of savages anyway
Jim Carroll