{"id":518663,"date":"2026-06-26T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518663\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:58:08","slug":"wolfhound-features-on-new-unmistakably-irish-passport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/518663\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfhound features on new ‘unmistakably Irish’ passport"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Irish wolfhound features prominently on the newly designed Irish passport, following a public consultation.<\/p>\n

The passport, launched by Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee, is described by the Government as “one of the world’s most advanced travel documents”.<\/p>\n

The artwork is inspired by Irish heritage, history and culture, with designs chosen by the public.<\/p>\n

The Department of Foreign Affairs said that 15,000 people took part in the consultation, which identified the Irish wolfhound as a favourite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It said the passport uses environmentally friendly security inks and new production methods.<\/p>\n

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\nMinister Helen McEntee pictured with a mock-up passport and an Irish wolfhound<\/p>\n

“It combines some of the world’s most advanced security technology with a design that proudly reflects who we are as a nation, our heritage, creativity and natural beauty,” Ms Entee said.<\/p>\n

“Together with Irish companies and artists, we have created a travel document that is both technically outstanding and unmistakably Irish.”<\/p>\n

The document gives Irish citizens visa-free access to 186 countries, and is available now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Irish wolfhound features prominently on the newly designed Irish passport, following a public consultation. The passport, launched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-518663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}