1,000 applications in first week for the 'once-in-lifetime' citizenship

Overjoyed people outside Government buildings in December after a new scheme that aims to regularise long-term undocumented migrants and their families who are living in Ireland was announced. Picture: Damien Storan

Just under 1,000 applications have been received in the first week on the landmark scheme to regularise the status of undocumented people in Ireland.

Applicants have six months to apply for what the Government has called a “once-in-a-generation” scheme that will offer people the right to access the labour market and provide a path towards Irish citizenship.