Cork Passport Office to hire more than 70 workers to deal with Brexit applications

The Cork office is responsible for processing passport applications from Northern Ireland and Great Britain, as well as applications from Ireland’s network of Embassies and Consulates worldwide.

The Department for Foreign Affairs is to hire more than 70 new staff at the Passport Office on the South Mall to handle the significant increase in passport applications from the UK in advance of Brexit.

UK citizens with an Irish parent or grandparent are entitled to Irish citizenship and the number of applications since the Brexit vote in 2016 has doubled, as British people seek to maintain their EU citizenship.