I can also add my application dates to this list, I recently received my passport so I will include those dates too in case it is of use to anyone: FBR Documents Received in Balbriggan: 10/09/2019 Confirmation of Address: 22/12/2020 Application Approved Email: 20/04/2021 Passport App & Documents...

In case it is useful to anyone, this is a reply from the Irish Passport twitter to someone asking for an update on FBR today: Hi, before COVID it took 12 to 18 months to process FBRs, because of the high volume of applications from Brexit and the impact of COVID restrictions. When regular processing...

The e-mail I received from them on the 23rd Dec said that the office would be closed during the level 5 restrictions. They said my certificate and documents wouldn't be posted back to me until the office reopens again so I think they are not working.

Think I must have got in just in time, had an e-mail today asking to confirm my address and then a reply stating that I have been added to the register today. However, due to level 5 restrictions until 12th Jan I should expect my certificate and documents 4-6 weeks after the office reopens next year...