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Ireland's minister for tourism has a well-known face across the country, but it was not enough to get him through airport security.
John O'Donoghue, a former justice minister, pleaded in vain to be allowed on to a Ryanair flight on Sunday from Cork to Dublin after forgetting his passport.
But the no-frills airline said it could not make an exception to its policy requiring all passengers to provide photographic proof of their identity.
Heading to Dublin for a television interview, Mr O'Donoghue was forced to make the 160-mile journey in a government, chauffeur-driven Mercedes-Benz.

You can travel within the EU without a passport, but need a passport to travel in-country?

or am I missing something here?

All passengers must present valid photo identification at check-in for all flights. The only acceptable forms of photo-ID on Ryanair flights are:

   * A valid passport
   * A valid Government issued National Identity Card issued by a European Economic Area (EEA) country. Only the following countries from the EEA issue National Identity Cards which are acceptable for carriage: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland.
   * A valid European Economic Area (EEA) driving licence with photo presented by an EEA national IS ONLY ACCEPTABLE for travel on domestic flights i.e. internal flights within the UK, internal flights within Italy and UK-Republic of Ireland-UK routes.

He could have been a carrying all sorts of photo identification, but if he didn't have a driving license or passport, he's SOL, since apparently Ireland is not listed as having a national ID card!

Hi Doug, I didn't realise the paper licenses were still legal. I thought they were having a full change over to the two part photocard and paper license.

Better security then Securitas then!