Citizenship

The Supreme Court is set to rule on the deprivation of Irish citizenship from a child whose father's refugee status was retrospectively revoked. The case focuses on "UM", who was born in Ireland and asserted Irish citizenship on the basis of his Afghan father’s residency in the country, as a r

Northern Ireland's High Court has overturned a decision to revoke the British passport of an Iraqi Kurd where his reasons for using an alias in his citizenship application were ignored. The applicant, TS, was an Iraqi Kurd and a British citizen who resides in Belfast. He sought to challenge by way o

New applicants for Irish citizenship will not be required to submit their original passport with their initial application under changes coming into effect from next year. The move is one of a number of changes aimed at simplifying and streamlining the processing of citizenship applications and faci

Children born in Ireland to parents who are not Irish citizens will be able to gain Irish citizenship sooner under legislative plans announced today. James Browne, minister of state with responsibility for immigration, confirmed that changes to the naturalisation process would be included in the Cou

Hundreds of people in Northern Ireland renounced their British citizenship from 2012 to 2020 to take advantage of more favourable family migration rules for those with only Irish citizenship, data suggests. Figures published by investigative news and analysis website The Detail show a dramatic incre

Around 1,200 people have received Irish citizenship since a new temporary citizenship process was established 10 weeks ago. The statutory declaration process established on 18 January replaces the requirement for citizenship applicants to attend citizenship ceremonies, which have been temporarily su

Children born in Ireland to parents who are not Irish citizens will be able to gain Irish citizenship sooner under new government plans. The government will include the necessary legislative changes in a forthcoming bill following discussions between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and Labour Senator

New legislation will have to be passed by the Oireachtas before any naturalised Irish citizens can be stripped of their citizenship following a Supreme Court ruling. Having ruled last year that sections 19(2) and (3) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 are repugnant to the constitution

Ireland's human rights watchdog has urged the Supreme Court to strike down the law on revocation of citizenship in its entirety. Judges are continuing to consider what declaration to make following their ruling last October that the procedure set out under section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Cit

Justice Minister Helen McEntee has today opened a temporary system which will enable citizenship applicants to complete their naturalisation process by signing a statutory declaration of loyalty. This signed statutory declaration replaces the requirement for citizenship applicants to attend citizens

Proposed legislation to allow children who were born in Ireland and have lived in the State for three years to be considered for Irish citizenship may receive government backing. Labour Senator Ivana Bacik, a qualified barrister and legal academic, introduced the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (N

Senator Ivana Bacik, a qualified barrister and legal academic, makes the case for the government to support the Labour Party's Citizenship Bill. Throughout the past year, despite the horrific consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic for so many individuals, families and societies, both in this country

The Supreme Court has held that the current statutory procedure for the revocation of naturalised citizenship is unconstitutional. Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne held that there were insufficient safeguards contained in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 s.19.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the existing procedure to revoke Irish citizenship from people who acquire Irish nationality is unconstitutional. Ms Justice Elizabeth Dunne, handing down her ruling in Ali Charaf Damache v the Minister for Justice and Equality today, said there were insufficient saf

Retired judge Mr Justice John Hedigan has been appointed to make decisions on whether or not to disclose information relied upon in citizenship applications refused because of national security concerns. Mr Justice Hedigan, who retired from the Court of Appeal two years ago, will serve for up to thr