Record year for Irish passports with 1.08m issued in 2022

A record number of Irish passports was issued in 2022 (PA)

A record number of Irish passports was issued in 2022 (PA)

A record number of Irish passports has been issued in one year, with 1.080m given out in 2022.

The number of first-time passport applications from Northern Ireland and Great Britain was 100,000 out of more than 1.15 million total applications received.

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