3,000 welcomes to our newest Irish citizens

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

3,000 welcomes to our newest Irish citizens

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

Yesterday, at a special ceremony in Dublin, 3,200 people were conferred with Irish citizenship and 234 of them were British.

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