Bear essentials as teddy passports prove a big hit

When a Cork woman came up with the idea of issuing teddy passports, little did she think Irish mammies would start buying them for emigrating sons and daughters.

Teddypassports.com was officially launched by Catherine Lougheed earlier this month. She was inspired as she watched a friend cajoling an anxious 5-year-old onto a plane. As Catherine looked on, the mum tried everything from trying to get the child excited about having his own passport to telling him Teddy couldn’t wait to get on the plane.

“So where’s Teddy’s passport then?” he asked.