to ask if Irish vs U.K. passport makes a difference?

If they eligible i definitely for Irish passport. You have access to whole the EU and can move there…

You obviously didn't read properly I said IN THE REST of the world it makes no difference

DP has an Irish passport as his mum was Irish. He had issues obtaining a copy of her birth certificate because it was in Irish and the record office couldn't find her under the English name she was known by. Luckily a family member in Ireland was able to physically go there are help identify the correct record. Ironically only the younger generations of the family speak Irish, his mother never did.

When we travel together he either has to hang around waiting for me and other family members after passport control or, when we get home, has a human border control agent check his passport and I get through quicker via the machines.

The UK has twice as many embassies across the globe for non-terrorist related travel problems.

So that's 2 countries. What are the others. I've got british and NZ passport. Brother had Irish passport. He's certainly not gained any advantage in Thailand. Japan Mexico etc that I can see

Depends what's important to them.

The Irish passport is the top of the list worldwide for freedom of travel:
Countries without visas 149

https://immigrantinvest.com/passport-index/rating/travel-freedom/

UK passport has a few less countries that don't require visas, but are also limited to 90 day stays in some. That's mostly in the EU countries I think, whereas Irish passports don't have that limit.

That’s too far back BUT if they are legally in Ireland and working there etc and stay 5+ years then the children should be able to get Irish citizenship eventually.

Bluntly, in many parts of the world, if you were kidnapped, having an Irish passport rather than one that retains unpleasant colonial connotations for many might mean the difference between being released or shot.

Irish - if eligible but the children would need a born in Ireland grandparent or parent OR to go and live there for several years and go through the residency route.

Irish of the easiest passports to travel on AND still in the EU so none of the going through the new systems that are in place for UK passports.
Plus Irish and U.K. citizens are treated equally in each others countries which predates thenEU etc so working rights, healthcare, voting etc is equal. A Brit can go to Ireland and be treated the same as an Irish citizen and vice Versa.

It needs to be a parent or a grandparent is/was Irish to have the automatic right to an Irish passport and then you have to provide the evidence.

As for o/p’a friends and children, they would have to naturalise- be living there for 5 years then apply for citizenship.

if they naturalise NI that may mean they can apply for both Irish and uk passports.

It diesn’t sound as though they’re eligible for either?

Yes, they will.

the condition of Irish citizenship is one parent must be a citizen at the time of your birth.

so your dh was automatically a citizen of his mum was born in Ireland or had a FBR. Your children are now Irish citizens having registered their birth abroad.

any children will have an Irish citizen parent, so can apply to the FBR for their own citizenship.

as long as offspring register on the FBR before their own children are born the next generation is also entitled to citizenship.

where it fails is when a parent doesn’t FBR before the birth.

If they are immigrating from a non European country to Ireland…. Why would they be able to apply for a UK passport???? Where does the UK come into it?

An Irish passport is often more beneficial not just for EU benefits. Some countries charge less for visas with an Irish passport.

I worked with a guy who had an ancestral Irish passport. He found it better for travel and did go to some far flung places. Although I did point out if he was kidnapped, being on a non-UK passport would probably mean the government and the SAS wouldn’t try to rescue him 😂

Speak for yourself. I'm far more likely e( and do) go to Asia rather than Europe

Thank you - this makes sense! So does that mean all her future descendents (her Grandchildren etc) will have Irish citizenship as long as they continue to claim it (through getting a passport) with no breaks in the chain?

Yes IF your parent was an Irish citizen when you were born, not moved there and gained citizenship while you were alive.
A parent or grandparent born on the island of Ireland (so including NI, for clarity) allows you to carry an Irish passport.

Living in NI I'm entitled to both passports but have always held a British one.On my last group travel the Irish passport holders did seem to have an easier journey through the airport so maybe I should hold both.

https://www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/ says you can if your parent was a citizen at the time of your birth.

There’s nothing ‘sad’ bout not being able to claim a passport because you don’t meet the issuing country’s criteria.

You can get a passport if one gp is an Irish citizen. Check out Foreign Birth Registration.

Are they living in Northern Ireland? Otherwise I'm not sure how they go about applying for UK passports. To qualify for Irish passport you must have at least five years continuing residency. You must show some documentation to this effect. Plus a couple of references from people who know you iirc. There was a fee of € 1100 last time I checked. I know a guy who was born in England but grew up here, so he has way more than five years residency. But he can't afford the fee. Since Brexit he has regarded himself as a stateless person.

Life used to be so simple. My first Irish passport was £1.50. That dates me ....

DH is Irish and DC have passports. Their travelling life is so much better!

No, they have a parent who is Irish by desent not birth in Ireland.