Boy in tears as Ryanair stop him flying for dream family holiday - despite legal passport

An eleven-year-old boy was left in tears after Ryanair stopped him from boarding a flight to Tenerife - even though his passport did not expire for another four months. Staff at the airport claimed his passport had expired and didn't comply with new Brexit travel rules.

Ryley McGuckin's travel document was issued in March 2017 and expires in September 2022. Brexit rules on entering the EU state passports must be less than 10 years old and have at least three months' validity left on the passenger's return date.

This means the youngster's passport is valid for use until the end of June. But Ryanair told mum Natasha Rae that Ryley's passport was more than five years old - rendering it invalid in the EU.

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Ryley was left in tears, apologising to his seven-year-old little brother Barry as he thought 'it was all his fault' the family could not go on their holiday. Mum Natasha had been careful in preparing for the holiday - a Christmas gift from her own mother - after reading recent horror stories of families being turned away from flights post-Brexit.

She checked her partner Chris Bell’s and the boys' passports with the Passport Office and the FCDO before they left. They were furious when Ryley got rejected from the flight at Glasgow's Prestwick Airport.

Natasha told the Record : "We arrived at the airport on Monday at 4am to check-in for the flight at 6am and the person at the desk said they had to phone 'Ryanair immigration'. "After they got off the phone they said we weren't able to fly because his passport was invalid and that it was against the law.

"We were absolutely devastated. Both of my sons were crying. Barry wasn't old