"Bill" wrote in message
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:54:25 -0000, "JohnT"
wrote:

Not true. UK and Irish Citizens may travel freely without any
identification
within the UK and Ireland.

Try traveling from the UK mainland to any part of the island of
Ireland without one and you'll find that you're wrong.

The carriers insist on passports...

They might insist on ID, they don't insist on passports (though for most
people their passport id going to be the most useful ID that they have)

And in any case, it is certainly possible to travel from mainland UK to
Northern Ireland without a passport and then make a land crossing over the
border

tim