Passport Office dealing with unprecedented demand.
Kildare holidaymakers, planning to travel abroad this summer, are being advised to get passport applications in early.
Staff in the Passports Office are dealing with unprecedented demand.
A total of 1.7 million passport applications are expected to be made this year.
Eoghan Corry, editor of Air and Travel magazine, says there are 200,000 applications in the system.

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