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LANDING ON Beach at CLARE ISLAND Ann Ivers walks onto the beach on Clare Island having swum the 5.3km in two hours and ten minutes. Aug 31st 2024...PIC Eugene Ivers
Ann Ivers walks on to the beach on Clare Island having swum the 5.3km from Roonagh in two hours and 10 minutes this weekend. Photograph: Eugene Ivers

Sharp rise in passport checks on flights into Dublin

Efforts to crack down on people entering the country without travel documentation have increased sharply in recent months, with around 6.5 per cent of flights arriving in Dublin now subject to “doorstep” passport checks.

According to figures released to The Irish Times, officials from the Border Management Unit, along with members of the Garda National Immigration Unit, carried out passport checks at the gates of over 4,500 arrival flights in the first seven months of 2024.

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