Hi folks. I'm on Granny duties today. He's currently asleep so all is calm.
The ongoing saga of my Irish passport application continues. As you may recall my brother and I applied in March 2024 to be on the Foreign Births register which then allows you to apply for an Irish passport. The estimated time frame was 9 months. My brother's came back last December and he now has an Irish passport. No sign of mine - in spite of both applications being in the same envelope and sharing common family documents. After much communication my Foreign Birth Registration is now deemed lost in transit and has been recorded as a data breach. This is somewhat worrying because the package coming back to me contained all the family certificates my own birth and marriage certificate, proof of my address, bank details- everything anybody could want for a successful identity theft. The only good thing is that a new certificate is on its way to me and I have been promised reimbursement for replacement certificates. The saying no good deed goes unpunished holds true here.I was the one who did all the research, ordered all the certificates and filled in all the forms. My brother just paid his fee!

I can't remember if Ive told you but Mr F and I are having a weekend in Scotland in a couple of weeks. We are staying in a hotel right beside Loch Lomond. I am very excited- it has been a couple of years since we last went to Scotland- far too long for my liking.