Originally Posted by star_world
For example, there was a woman in front of me who had a UK drivers license but it indicated that her nationality was Australian (didn't know UK licenses showed this?) - he immediately told her that wasn't enough, and she had to get her passport out.
That is odd. I had always thought that the UK and Ireland was like a mini-Schengen zone. In other words, if you have the right to be in the UK (which immigration must assume if you arrive from the UK) then you have the right to enter Ireland without any formal immigration requirements. That should apply not just to British citizens but to anyone already inside the "zone". Looks like I was wrong.
(Either that or it was the same sh***y Irish immigration officer I met!)