About 5,000 people were conferred with citizenship in ceremonies which continued in Killarney, Co Kerry, yesterday.

Some 5,000 people are being conferred with citizenship in ceremonies which began this morning in Killarney, Co Kerry.

Large-scale Citizenship ceremonies will go ahead as planned in Killarney on Monday and Tuesday the Department of Justice says.

Some 2,000 people today walked into the convention centre in Killarney with nationalities spanning 100 countries - but walked out Irish citizens, with the same rights and obligations as everyone else who is a citizen in the State.

The ceremonies take place at the Gleneagle Hotel Convention Centre which is now the venue for the foreseeable future for the conferring ceremonies.

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An "unworkable" and "unduly rigid" High Court finding that applicants for Irish citizenship must have "unbroken" residence here in the year before they apply has been overturned on appeal.

The Minister for Justice has asked the Court of Appeal (COA) to overturn a “very restrictive” High Court finding, saying it means, with “very, very few exceptions”, nobody qualifies for Irish citizenship.

Citizens Information had more than 13 million users last year with 'Irish citizenship through birth or descent' the most visited document.

A shock High Court ruling that anyone applying for citizenship must not leave the country at all in the year before their application could impact thousands of people.

Some of Ireland's newest citizens have been urged to seize the opportunity afforded to them by their new status by taking part in the upcoming referendum on May 24.

Three separate ceremonies will be held in Killarney to mark the occasion.

Calls have been made to ensure everyone born in Ireland is entitled to Irish citizenship after a number of high profile attempts to deport children.

A bill that would restore the right of those born in Ireland to become Irish citizens is before the Dail this week.

More than 10,000 people became naturalised Irish citizens last year, as new figures also revealed a rise in the number of people issued passports, particularly from the UK.

Thousands of US visas could soon be available to Irish citizens looking to live and work stateside.

Irish people abroad can now renew their passports online under a new service.

Some 3,000 people were conferred with Irish citizenship at highly emotional ceremonies in the Convention Centre in Killarney on Monday.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has ruled out giving children born in Ireland to non-national parents automatic Irish citizenship after three years, claiming the move "amounts to bad law".

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The Labour Party has agreed on plans to bring forward legislation to provide for citizenship of children born in Ireland to non-nationals.

480 people from 68 different countries were granted Irish citizenship at a ceremony in Dublin today.

A language test for new applicants for Irish citizenship is under consideration, a senior Department of Justice official said in Killarney, Co Kerry, where more than 3,500 people from more than 160 countries officially became Irish citizens.

The occasion in Killarney will be the first staging of large-scale citizenship ceremonies outside of Dublin.

Darragh Hynes from Ratoath in Meath has been named the overall national winner at the Aldi Foróige Youth Citizenship Awards this weekend.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a man's appeal against a refusal by the State on national security grounds to allow him to become an Irish citizen.

A question about citizenship status on the 2020 US census has been criticised by Democrats who say it will intimidate immigrants and discourage them from participating.

A judge in Amsterdam has agreed to ask the European Court of Justice preliminary questions about the consequences of the UK's departure from the European Union on the citizenship rights of Britons living in Europe.

Applications by British people for Irish citizenship has increased more than tenfold in the last three years.