Should people who voted for Brexit be allowed to apply for an Irish Passport?

I have an Irish passport but I voted to remain.
But I’ve had my Irish passport for decades.
I agree with the sentiment but it’s obviously unworkable.

Should those in Northern Island who voted leave in the 2016 referendum have their Irish passports confiscated?

No.

My BIL is one of these hypocrites. No surprise there.

Thread title is as distasteful as the should people who refuse to be vaccinated be allowed out the house.

Of course you’re not unreasonable to be angry .
I have a second home in Europe. Most of the expats ( immigrants) over there voted for Brexit and then moaned when they didn’t qualify for Citizenship!
Absolute hypocrites and as thick as shite to boot but there’s nothing you can do about it

The DUP have encouraged people who are eligible to apply for an Irish passport to do so. The absolute hypocrisy is stunning, but it’s part of irelands constitution and frankly, the more of us, the better.

The law and legislation is in place for a reason, people cannot just demand changes because it offends them, they do not agree or more seriously (considering the dog whistle politics we now seem to accept) a political party decides to build its whole identity and agenda around specific issues.

I was always remain. I hate how certain politicians progressed their career through blaming the EU, immigration etc on years of austerity, resulting in the crazy decision that we leave the biggest free trade block in the world, the inevitable financial fall out and the huge division within the UK we all still live with. As the New York times insightfully posted during the Brexit negotianions- because there was no actual plan, it was like watching someone who had decided to commit suicide but had not yet decided which method to use.

Most of all, I am so angry that a few generations of half-wits, who could not even bother to do any basic research on what they were actually voting for, decided to fuck over our young people to show they were pissed off. Generations who have reaped the rewards of being part of the EU.

Oh but it is

I agree. Me and my kids have an EU passports. I'm sorry the wealthy, global elitists: Johnson, Farage, JRM and Cameron, deprived you and yours the same privilege.

It’s bloody annoying for those of us who have no Irish connections, no chance of any European passports, actually valued Europe and voted remain, and have had our lives adversely impacted by Brexit.

Infuriating in fact. We are the people who should have been offered the opportunity to keep our European citizenship rights, not these incredibly stupid selfish morons.

Because they tell you! Usually sandwiched in between a Paddy Irishman joke and a reference to how clever they are to have a granny from Oughterard so they could both Stop Being Bossed By the EU and Close The Borders AND being able to move freely around Europe.

I feel the same way about people who hate trade unions yet happily accept the pay rises and workplace improvements the union secures.

Feel bad that I didn't vote at all in the referendum. I was so complacent that it would be a remain vote. I bet there were loads like me.

Yes

It is, absolutely, Irish people's business. I've lost track of the amount of ignorance and prejudice I experienced when living in England from self-professed Brexiteers who were ashamed of their Irish ancestry and regarded Ireland as a savage third-world country populated by feckless, superstitious, backward semi-apes, and then in the next breath expected me to congratulate them on getting an Irish passport so they weren't discommoded by the colossal act of idiocy they voted for.

Ireland, for obvious and very sad reasons, takes its diaspora seriously. Unfortunately that does also mean that a class of people entirely ignorant of Ireland but who nonetheless spout anti-Irish prejudice are eligible for Irish passports.

The only bright side is that the worst types never actually visit because they think they'll be attacked by the IRA in the Bog of Allen, being a bit vague on Irish history and geography.

History lesson.

Had it not been for the introduction of the secret ballot following an Act of Parliament in 1872, this might not be a question. The rise of the Irish Nationalist party would not have occurred then, and perhaps the Irish Republic would not have occurred for a lot longer than the 49 years after that which the people of Ireland had to wait.

There was a similar thread started a few days ago. Presumably this one came up on the Similar Threads list on every page. It's not that weird.

This is true. I don't think the OP is being serious of course. It is a secret ballot anyway. For all we know Farage might have voted Remain.

Does anyone remember Sealand? An old fort off the coast of Essex which was later used as a pirate radio station. The former station owner declared it an independent state and issued postage stamps. Perhaps he could knock out passports as well. Establish relations with the EU. Anschluss with Clacton . Go for it lad.

Another thread bumped back up after nearly a year since the last post..... Weird.

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No it wasn't.

Loads of young WC people went to work in hospitality, as travel reps, studying, fruit picking etc. Loads of older WC people sold up here and moved for warmer weather.

Brexit hurt MC and WC people most. The MC and WC people who work for what they have and pay their taxes.

Cheeky fuckery of the highest order, I’d never let them forget what they voted for and would constantly be asking what ‘Brexit bonuses’ we’ve enjoyed as a result of their choice.

It’s up to Ireland to decide who they give passports to

If they fit the criteria then yes.

What makes you think that the EU immigrants who came to the UK before Brexit were mainly middle class? The ones I’ve met worked mainly in hospitality, manufacturing, agriculture, transport and domiciliary care. Some have since gone on to different careers, but they certainly didn’t walk into them when they first arrived.

If you had gone abroad to look for work as a young EU citizen, I suspect you would have got a shock. And maybe you wouldn’t have wanted to stay for more than three months, but I and many others did.

None, but its them, only them and actually only a very very very small percentage of them who ever went to Europe for more than 3 months...a privileged few moaning about something the majority could never experience