Mad rush to get passports


MANY people in the republic are flocking to apply for passports after travel restrictions eased, unlocking pent-up wanderlust after two years of Covid-19 restrictions.

The number of passport applications has spiked to more than 7,000 a day, peaking at 14,000, according to the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), which described the surge as “overwhelming”.

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