Taoiseach proud to welcome new citizens ‘home’

They arrived as citizens from 110 countries but all left as officially Irish.

More than 1,200 people took part in a citizenship ceremony in Dublin’s Cathal Brugha Barracks yesterday to start, in the Taoiseach’s words, a “new chapter in Irish history” by pledging fidelity to the nation and loyalty to the State.

“Your story will become Ireland’s story,” Enda Kenny said, telling his new fellow citizens they were “coming home”.