🇮🇪For Irish travellers · 2026

Travel from Ireland

Guides written for Irish passport holders and people flying from Dublin (DUB), Cork (ORK), Shannon (SNN) and Belfast. Visa rules, airline corridors, airport transport, layovers — facts Irish travellers actually need, not US-centric copy.

38M
Passengers/year through DUB (2025)
Ireland's busiest airport — T1 + T2
€8
Airlink Express bus to city centre
No train link until Metro Link ~2035
193
Visa-free countries on Irish passport
5th most powerful passport in the world (Henley 2026)
Q4 2026
ETIAS pre-registration begins
Required for Irish passport holders entering Schengen

Airlines from Ireland

Aer Lingus + Ryanair route maps, head-to-head pricing on the corridors Irish travellers actually fly.

Irish airports

Dublin (DUB), Cork (ORK), Shannon (SNN) and Belfast — terminal maps, transport, parking, lounges and fast-track.

Irish passport — visas & ETIAS

Where Irish passport holders can go visa-free, ETIAS pre-registration for 2026, ESTA for the US, and country-specific e-visas.

Layover guides from Dublin

Long-haul out of Ireland almost always means a transit hub. Plans for Dublin → Asia/Australia/USA via LHR, AMS, DXB, DOH.

Why a separate Ireland section?

Most travel content online is written from a US perspective — Atlantic distances, dollars, ESTA assumptions, US carriers. Irish travellers fly different corridors (DUB → LHR is one of the busiest in Europe), pay in euro, hold a different passport, and rarely have direct flights to Asia or Oceania. These guides assume Dublin as the start point, euro pricing, Irish passport rules and Aer Lingus + Ryanair as primary carriers.

Flights from Dublin

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