Quote Originally Posted by darren-b View Post
To legally enter Eire she needs a visa. I believe it needs to be issued by the Irish government as they are not part of the schengen travel zone.
As above,, Eire is not part of Schengen. My wife has Schengen Residencia thus can travel to any Schengen country, she cannot go to UK, Gibraltar nor Eire

However, although UK is a 'pain the butt' when I called the Irish (southern) Government I was told as I am British we can make the application in the post and again because I am British my wife's visa would be free. Not 100 euros for a one entry to UK or 150 euros for Gib.