France to Ireland visa requirements

No visa is required. French citizens are EU nationals with full freedom of movement and can enter Ireland for tourism or any short visit with just a valid passport or national ID card. Ireland is not in the Schengen Area and is not joining ETIAS, so no travel authorisation is needed. France (FR) is a European Union member state, and Ireland (IE) is also an EU member state, so French citizens travel to Ireland under EU free-movement rights. No visa, no pre-clearance, and no ETIAS travel authorisation is required for a tourist or short visit. A French national simply presents a valid passport or a valid national identity card at the border. Although Ireland is in the EU, it is NOT part of the Schengen Area, so the Schengen 90/180-day short-stay rule does not apply to Ireland; instead Ireland operates the Common Travel Area with the UK. Ireland has also confirmed it will not operate the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) or ETIAS, both because it is outside Schengen and to preserve the Common Travel Area. As an EU citizen, a French visitor can stay for up to 3 months freely; staying beyond 3 months is permitted only if exercising an EU Treaty right (work, self-employment, study, or self-sufficiency with sickness insurance), but no residence permit or registration is required even then. There is no fee of any kind for entry.