Clojurians Log v2

Yeah, I just read about that in the Guardian, story about a 16 year-old being stranded in Denmark as they wouldn't let her board the flight home. I hope this does not adversely affect your travel plans.

There's a temporary exception if you have an expired UK passport issued after 1989 (I do -- my '95-issued passport expired in '05 so it is valid) but acceptance to board is up to the check-in agent's discretion (even if the airline's policy is to accept such a passport). We don't really have time to renew my UK passport before our next UK trip -- the risk is you have to mail your expired passport internationally after the Passport Office accepts your online application and wait for the new passport to be mailed back internationally -- but also flights to the UK are around about $1,400 per person right now so we may cancel our plans anyway. In which case, I'd have time to renew it before our second planned trip...

Do you have an Irish passport?

Nope. But that is one of the long-term goals here. Get the UK passport renewed. Apply for an Irish (EU!) passport by virtue of being born in N. Ireland. One step at a time.

Yes, it's very handy - you can come and go between the UK and Ireland without any problemos.

also, by using your Irish passport when you travel, you can go into the EU channels in Europe and not pay the UK levy fee