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Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Cllr Sandra Duffy, has highlighted the fact the Irish Passport Office is not posting passports to the North of Ireland. Cllr Duffy shared a social media post by Glen Campbell on the issue. It read: ...

05 Jan 2023 at 12:58

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Renewed calls for Irish passport office in the north as postage suspension continues

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has written to the Irish government reiterating calls for the establishment of an Irish Passport Office in the North. In November 2022, a record one million Irish passports were issued within a period of 10 months at which ...

12 Jan 2023 at 11:48

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Growing support for Irish passport office in the North

Sinn Féin Moor representative Aisling Hutton has said there is a growing demand for an Irish passport office in the North. Speaking after a day of action across the city by the party collecting names for a petition demanding action on the issue ...

13 Mar 2023 at 18:13

Northern Ireland

Strike by Passport Office workers to be escalated next month

A strike by workers at the Passport Office is to be escalated next month. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said its members in all Passport Offices will walk out for four days at the beginning of May. Union members have been ...

19 Apr 2023 at 16:46

Derry News

Durkan: Passport chaos proves clear need for Derry-based office

SDLP Foyle MLA, Mark H Durkan, has written to the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney calling for the establishment of a Derry-based Passport Office. Mr Durkan said he had done so to see if something could be done to ...

11 May 2022 at 16:29

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Derry MLA calls for Irish Passport Office in North

A Derry MLA has reiterated calls for the establishment of an Irish passport office for the North of the island. Mark H Durkan (SDLP) said he had previously written to Micheál Martin, Minister for the Department for Foreign ...

04 Jan 2024 at 11:31

Northern Ireland

Passport Office staff begin five-week strike over pay and pensions

Passport Office workers are beginning a five-week strike in the increasingly bitter civil service dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions. More than 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) ...

03 Apr 2023 at 02:45

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Staffing boosted to tackle ‘dramatic increase’ in passport applications

Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said that the huge demand for passports as people begin to travel abroad again has led to “pressure on the system”, particularly for first-time passport applications. ...

25 May 2022 at 09:57

Northern Ireland

Passport workers begin five-week strike in row over pay and conditions

Passport Office workers have begun a five-week strike in a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions as a union warned it could cause delays for those looking to renew their passports. More than 1,000 members of ...

03 Apr 2023 at 12:33

Derry News

Cllr Duffy slams DUP for leaving people in poverty behind with Stormont boycott

Sinn Féin Councillor, Sandra Duffy, has demanded the DUP “get back to work” and help Derry and the North find a path out of the current cost of living crisis. Cllr Duffy said the DUP should end its current boycott of ...

24 May 2022 at 11:17

National News

Embassy staff should be recalled to deal with passport delays - Govt TD

The passport service is not fit for purpose and staff should now be brought back from embassies around the world to deal with the situation, a Government TD has said. Mayo TD Michael Ring said that his office staff ...

27 May 2022 at 13:16

Derry News

Postage of Irish Passports to the North has resumed

It has been confirmed that the postage of Irish Passports to the North has resumed. Previously, the Passport Office had placed a temporary suspension of posting passports to the North following Royal Mail strikes. ...

25 Jan 2023 at 13:04

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