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Question: I was born in London and I have an Irish passport. I am getting married later this year in Dublin. I have been told that I must provide a birth certificate with an apostille stamp. My Irish fiancé has not been asked to produce this certificate. Why is this?

A mother paid a man €3,500 to falsely register himself as her baby’s father during a passport application in a bid to ensure that the child could remain in the country, the Galway Circuit Criminal Court heard this week.

With the backlog of passport applications now clear and new applications being dealt with on time, Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony is warning people against letting their passports expire.

Mayo holidaymakers looking to quickly renew their passport before a last-minute jaunt abroad can be reassured that their application will be dealt with expediently as normal passport services resume.

Leading electronic passport developer HID Global, is to make substantial investment in expanding its Connemara plant, it was announced this week.

The current passport debacle that is preventing Irish citizens from travelling abroad because of the log-jam in passport applications is becoming increasingly intolerable and is affecting Ireland’s reputation abroad. The Minister must work to find a solution to allow Irish people to travel within the European Union at least, according to Mayo Fine Gael TD John O’Mahony.

A man who used a false name to apply for social welfare has been fined €1,500.

A Nigerian couple have been prosecuted for carrying false passports.

A Chinese man beamed with relief when the passport, which will allow him return to his homeland to see his dying mother, was returned to him at Mullingar District Court last week.

Mayo holidaymakers planning to head for the sun in the coming weeks should take a number of precautions before leaving for the airport, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Mícheál Martin.