Nods replace handshakes as 5,000 conferred with citizenship

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

With the coronavirus at the top of everyone’s thoughts, the usual neighbourly handshake after the oath of fealty to the State gave way to nodding as 900 people from among 135 countries nodded to their neighbours left and right and front and back at the first of the ceremonies in the INEC venue in Killarney.