Current passport will expire February 2017. I am going home next month for a 4 week stay.

I want to apply for a new Irish passport at home but I am concerned that all the people who now want to be Irish (can't blame them will cause a huge back log. Will 4 weeks be a sufficient turn around time?

My problem is that I have a marriage extension and I will get a re-entry at Swampy but what if my passport isn't ready on time? I can't fly back with the current passport as it will only have 5 months on it.

I am eligible for a UK passport which I think I can get quick enough but that means going through all the hassle of reapplying for a non- 0 marriage.

Advice please.

https://www.dfa.ie/home/index.aspx?id=83334

Above link shows current application time. You can do an express application for Euro 55 extra and get it within 5 days.

I don't think your passport needs to have a 6 months validity if you come back to Thailand on a re entry permit and existing extension. But not 100% sure on that.

To the OP -- Ask at the Irish embassy/consulate in Bangkok about applying for the passport here and now, but having it posted direct to you from the passport office when you are in Ireland (or where-ever). I have found them most obliging and friendly, but I have not asked this specific question. It'd be good to know how you get along with that.

... and to the other posters who are not aware - yes, you can have an Irish passport if you can prove an Irish grandparent or parent - check the website for details. They are happily raking in the euros at the passport office in Dublin at this very moment

If you didn't get the new passport you would not have a problem entering the country with 5 months of passport validity. There is no 6 months passport validity needed in your case.