Ryanair has a clear policy on passports

I FIND it amazing that Dublin City Council is proposing to boycott Ryanair because they require passports to be shown at check-in.

It is quite plainly stated when booking that a passport is a condition of travel. Those who fly regularly to the UK will be aware that occasionally on arrival British airports will run an ID check on all incoming passengers. A passport is required for that, and on return to Dublin airport there is a passport check as well.

We don’t have national identity cards and, for the moment, passports are the safest and most secure way of identifying who is flying.

Richard Ashton,

Gas Yard Lane,

Malahide,

Co Dublin.