Applications by British people for Irish citizenship has increased more than tenfold in the last three years. Yesterday, at a special ceremony in Dublin, 3,200 people were conferred with Irish citizenship and 234 of them were British. A total of 548 Polish people received Irish citizenship, as well as 290 Romanians and 245 Indians. Iwona Pawlus, who is originally from Poland was one of the 3,200 new Irish citizens conferred yesterday. Photo: Gareth Chaney CollinsJudge McMahon also said that new citizens are equal to old citizens and that, in Ireland, there was no such thing as “second-class” or “half” citizens.

Source: Irish Examiner November 28, 2017 00:03 UTC