Brexit vote sparks scramble for European passports
Luke Harding
Friday 24 June 2016 11.59 EDT
... Ireland’s foreign ministry said it had received a significant rise in the number of Irish passport applications from Britain. It published a guide on how to obtain documents for the 430,000 Irish-born people living in England, Wales and Scotland.
Anyone with a parent born in Ireland is automatically eligible for a passport, irrespective of where they live. People with an Irish-born grandparent or a parent who at the time of their child’s birth had Irish citizenship may also qualify.
Residents of Northern Ireland are also entitled to citizenship. Adam Quinn tweeted: “From Belfast, proud to be British but definitely getting an Irish passport to retain EU citizenship. Lucky I can do so” ...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/24/brexit-scramble-for-european-passports
