Fancy an escape? Sign up to the Chill newsletter for weekly inspiration and advice on UK holidays A devastated mum was forced to leave her little girl behind when setting off for a family holiday due to a horrible passport mix-up.
Samantha O'Connor was frustrated by the lack of communication from the passport office after realising her daughter, Ellen, 10, may miss out on the holiday to Greece.
Days before they were set to fly, Samantha realised her daughter's passport was out of date.Feeling overwhelmed with the paperwork for the trip, she began to panic.
They got in touch with local TDs in an attempt to speed up the renewal of the passport, and she hoped it would be sorted in the nick of time, writes DublinLive.
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