Yes you can go to Philippine as long you have passport (irish passport) thing you know 1 . To Philippine office in person fill the form for you visa by the law in Philippine you can stay longer 2. Must have marry license in manila uk embassy with you girlfriend to fill out form.
3 also fill out form Philippine you girlfriend home town license for marry 4 you must pay the fee all three when the paper work complete you can go marry and free time you want remember when the visa expired you must pay fee for stay longer 5000Philippine money free as long you want.
A British passport covers Irland as its part of the United Kingdom so no worries there, getting married is the easy part , but to get Citizenship or permanant residence , even if married to a filipina is the hard part not as easy as it once was, its called a petition of sponsorship meaning your wife will partition you, she must have a job a home and a bank account and enough money to support you, as well as police clearances and you too must have an income once that all done about a year to complete unless you pay a fixer,,,,,be careful, then you must live together 3 years like in USA AND UK similar rules now. Just an update for you as I was recently married well 2 years ago and just got all my papers cleared at last. Congrates and good luck.
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