There's been a sharp rise in the number of British nationals looking to become naturalised Irish citizens. 529 British nationals became naturalised Irish citizens last year. We've seen in the last four years the annual numbers applying for Irish citizenship going from 51 to 54 to 98 and just last year 529," he said. Mr Richmond added that many British people living in Ireland don't qualify for an Irish passport through any family links. "There's about 300,000 UK citizens living in Ireland.

Source: Irish Examiner September 09, 2018 17:26 UTC