Jim O’Callaghan’s immigration crackdown: What are the new rules? 

At the Fianna Fáil think-in this week, the Government announced what they called the “biggest reform of Ireland’s citizenship rules in a generation”.

On Wednesday, justice minister Jim O’Callaghan will bring to Cabinet a new bill setting out onerous new rules for migrants who want to become Irish citizens.

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