Irish people in UK, do you have British citizenship?

[SomersetBrie]

As above. I'm Irish, lived here most of my adult life and live my life quite happily on my Irish passport. I can vote and do almost exactly what a British passport holder can do.
In the light of recent comments from Farage about immigration, are any Irish people thinking of becoming citizens, or had you done it already? I kind of resent paying £900 to do it, but I obviously will if it makes my rights here safer.

The CTA agreement covers citizens of Britain and Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.

The CTA applies to British citizens and I knew many when I lived and worked in Galway.

Getting Irish citizenship is expensive. Both British BILs in Northern Ireland needed to be resident for five years before applying.

Yes. But you can have naturalised citizens and born cititizens. And some jurisdictions can be quite sniffy about the difference.

So I am idly wondering if the UK Home Office - with it's history of bending over backwards to be nice to foreigners - could try and bar naturalised Irish citizens from the rights available to born citizens.

Just idly wondering.

Yeah, and take Northern Irish politics right back to the 80s.

It would be less trouble to invade Germany.

Nah it’s not necessary. My husband doesn’t even have a British driving licence, Irish only, and he’s been here most of his adult life.

if it got so bad the Irish were being chucked out… well we definitely leave of our own accord.

You'd still be able keep your EU passport if you applied for British citizenship - DH has dual British and Irish nationality but has never bothered getting a UK passport.

Or if you choose, you could have both passports, although I can't see any particular advantage.

That’s illegal if he’s driving here

Is it really? He’s renewed it over there too. I’m going to google… but tell me
more?!

I've just googled and it's fine until it expires. Then I think you need to exchange for UK licence.
I did change mine years ago - so at least I have that!

His expired and we went home to renew it. I’m going to ask him to look into it. Our car is insured in my name as his licence isn’t registered to our address (which might also be an issue, I’m not sure!!) I’m going to ask him to look into it. he’s always talking of moving home, so for instance he won’t get our children uk JISAs, so I think he doesn’t think of himself as a permanent uk resident. He owns property here and in Ireland.

Unfortunately I didn't do that when I moved in 1989. Passed first go in Ireland and had to do another driving test in London! Passed first go again.

It doesn’t appear to make any distinction.

Highlighting idiotic policies is no use in the face of the person who bought you Brexit.

Yet ...

The agreement has been in place for over a 100 years and, following Brexit, the continued commitment to the CTA was reaffirmed by both nations in 2019. I can’t foresee any reason it would be changed. It’s mutually beneficial.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/memorandum-of-understanding-between-the-uk-and-ireland-on-the-cta/joint-statement-of-8-may-2019-between-the-uk-government-and-government-of-ireland-on-the-common-travel-area

I can’t foresee any reason it would be changed. It’s mutually beneficial.

So was the UKs membership of the EU.

Given the long and proud tradition in the UK of shitting on Ireland from the greatest possible height, (and I say that as a Briton) then I'd be wary of getting too complacent about my countries possible actions in future.

Given the overtly pessimistic tone of your previous posts, that doesn’t surprise me.

I am far more optimistic.

Sure, but Ireland has a lot more power than it did.

Fair enough. You can afford to be pessimistic when you have nothing to lose.