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Allowing everyone born in Northern Ireland, and everyone with an Irish grandparent anywhere, to claim an Irish passport is already standard policy and has been
by jonathanhd 8y ago
Allowing everyone born in Northern Ireland, and everyone with an Irish grandparent anywhere, to claim an Irish passport is already standard policy and has been since partition.
- jacobush 8y agoWow... could you move to NI from the Big Island and keep your EU citizenship that way, in case of Brexit?
- eesmith 8y agoNo. You must be "born in Northern Ireland" as jonathanhd wrote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_of_the_Co... and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_of_th... . > It is the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nation. That is also the entitlement of all persons otherwise qualified in accordance with law to be citizens of Ireland. > Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, a person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, who does not have, at the time of the birth of that person, at least one parent who is an Irish citizen or entitled to be an Irish citizen is not entitled to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law.
- jacobush 8y agoI wonder if we will see an increased emigration from Northern Ireland to Ireland (the country) after a Brexit.