Summer is fast approaching and hundreds of thousands of Irish holidaymakers will be jetting off for a well-deserved break over the coming months.
It's set to be a really busy few months for the Irish Passport Service, as people rush to renew their passports before the busy tourist season. To help speed the process along for first time applications and renewals, the Irish Passport Service has added three new enhancements.
Speaking on Claire Byrne's RTE radio show this week, Siobhan Byrne Director of the Passport Service in the Department of Foreign Affairs said that so far they have received over 380,000 applications. "In January alone we received 148,000 applications which was the second busiest month on record.
