Anyone looking to cross the Irish border into the UK without an Irish or UK passport may be required to show a travel pass from 2025.
New rules for travel would be imposed by the Nationality and Borders Bill which is currently being passed through UK Parliament.
On January 5 it reached the House of Lords for its second reading and is now approaching the final stages of completion.
According to reports, it will see the use of Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) being brought in as a requirement for entry into the UK from outside the Common Travel Area.
This will mean those who do not hold a British or Irish passport have to apply for travel passes in advance to pass the border.
Many have been hitting out at the proposed new rules as the strict approach will see other EU citizens who live on either side of the border having to show a pass, even if they work on the opposite side.
There was a lot of conversation in 2021 around the latest step in Brexit plans, and Leo Varadkar said it didn't “come as a huge surprise” back in November.
Speaking in the Dail at the time, Varadkar said: “Part of the argument in favor of Brexit was about controlling their borders, and also about reducing and stopping immigration from the European Union, and this is part of the outworking of that.
“Ending free movement was a big part of the argument that they made. But we will absolutely be making our views known.”
