Irish passport another stamp on Gibson-Park's journey

The Leinster scrum-half was among 6,000 people to become new citizens last month

Jamison Gibson-Park during Leinster's Captain’s Run at the Aviva Stadium. Pic: Nick Elliott, Inpho

Over 6,000 people born across an assortment of foreign shores - 131 different countries to be exact - filed in to Dublin’s Convention Centre last month and walked out again as Irish men and women.

The new citizens swore the Declaration of Fidelity to the Irish nation, agreed to faithfully observe its laws and to respect its democratic values. A big deal, basically, in anyone’s language.