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Record passport year: The new Irish

One of the unintended consequences of the Brexit vote was that 200,000 Irish passport applications were received from Britain this year.

Record passport year: The new Irish

Tue, 01 Jan, 2019 - 00:00

One of the unintended consequences of the Brexit vote was that 200,000 Irish passport applications were received from Britain this year.

The number from England, Scotland and Wales was up by more than a fifth compared to 2017.

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