To think it's cheeky to apply for an Irish passport because of brexit?

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Just that really.

Brittbugs Mainly freedom of movement.

Who can tell. Might be miles of queues for GB walk through for EU,might be work,heritage pride

No. I wish I could, but my Irish ancestry is just one step too far.

too far back, that should be.

I love the fact that you say it's cheeky to apply for a passport, then put the information, to help people do so, on your thread, OP. 😄

Brittbug, they get to stay in Eu of course

She's done a u-turn. If only the politicians would!

Ah, I wasnt saying myself it was cheeky. I should have changed my title line.

I posted following a discussion in work.

I couldn't give a shit to be honest, hence why I posted the info.

Brittbugs the rights that you currently enjoy as an EU citizen, such as the ability to work, study and live in another EU country, will still be open to you after the UK leaves the EU. It's possible that if/when the UK leaves, freedom of movement for UK citizens will be lost, and with it, many benefits that people in this country currently take for granted, like being able to travel without a visa, EHIC cards etc. As Ireland is part of the EU, as an Irish citizen you will still have those rights.

I don't thnk it's cheeky at all. I think it's a wise precaution to avoid losing the benefits being an EU citizen gives you.
If Irish law lets you do it, then go for it.

So I'm an Irish citizen because I was in Ireland with one Irish parent, and my children are automatically Irish citizens even though they were born in England to me and a British parent. Does that mean that my children don't need to go on the register of foreign births but they need to register any children they might have?

I’m Irish and I think it’s an entirely sensible thing to do.

If Ireland took leave of their senses and decided to leave the EU and I then discovered I was eligible for another EU passport, well I’d be all over it like a cheap suit. Remain voters desperately want to stay in the EU at least obtaining an Irish passport gives them more options.

Leave voters applying for an Irish passport (I’ve met one!) though are an entirely different matter. The cheek of them thinking they should be able to retain EU perks whilst doing their bit to remove the same from their fellow citizens. Bad cess to them.

I haven't done a u turn at all.

If people are entitled then why not.

Never mind the people that live outside Ireland, the fact that orange men, who forever scream that they're British, not Irish are applying for Irish passports is hilarious. 😄

Broom, that's correct

But don't you become an Irish citizen automatically when you are born? That's how it works in most other countries. You don't become a citizen when you apply for your passport, iyswim.

Poverty pain, now that's what you call cheeky.

Voting no to close the doors to UK then get your Irish passport so that you can retain all your rights ad EU citizen is a total piss take.

What the hell is cheeky about it? I always had both when they were green and blue, but just a UK one when they became pink EU ones as I see myself as a citizen of Europe. I still see myself as one despite the monumental shit show coming down the road at us, and will therefore be applying for my Irish one again, aswell as making sure my kids have one too.

DH will one day be able to get a Scottish EU passport if they pass a independence vote!

3 of my kids have both Irish and British passports from birth - born overseas.

My eldest was born in U.K. and only had a British passports but since Brexit has asked for a Irish passport. He dad is Irish and she is eligible.

I will apply when I get time (I have a form). I don't think it's cheeky at all.

My British passport needs renewal next year. So I am going to get my Irish one for the first time (my siblings have always used theirs). Why not? It's my heritage?!

Not Irish and not living in Ireland, but acquiring an Irish passport as a legal dodge, hoping it will get round any loss of 'freedom of movement' when the UK leaves the EU? I'll say it's cheeky. Just make sure you pack the right passport.

Bardo - Brexit was not a mistake, it is not a mess, we will be leaving the EU, there is no chance of a second referendum and public support for Brexit is growing so get used to it. If the UK leaving the EU causes problems for the Irish...too bad. Our sovereignty is more important.

A friend of mine has 4 passports from Israel, South Africa, France, and U.K., and so have her husband and children, and good luck to her as she has tragic family reasons for having those options.
Think I might try my luck with the irish ones!

Our sovereignty is more important.

We were always sovereign. Even the Brexit White Paper said this.

Although this is the first time in hundreds of years (500 odd) that the UK will be alone in the world in terms of trade and shared legal systems. The various iterations of the Empire (global laws and global trading block) was dying in the 50s & 60s and the UK joined a new trading block in the early 1970s. Be interesting to see how far this isolationist approach to 'sovereignty' takes us.

I should think the Irish government are loving it. They must have taken a load of money with people applying for parents/grandparents birth certificates and then passport fee. I don't think they will call you cheeky.