Huge increase in Irish passport applications from NI

Irish passport applications from Northern Ireland have tripled in the space of three years.

In the first 6 months of 2019, there were over 20,000 applications, but that skyrocketed to almost 57,000 in 2022.

The figures were released by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The Irish Daily Mail reports the three-fold increase is due to Brexit, with one source calling it a ‘Brexit Bailout’.

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