The appeal: Irish passport holders can work anywhere within the EU and enjoy “visa-free or visa-on-arrival” travel to 172 countries.
Approximately 20,000 more first-time passports were issued to U.K. residents in the first six months of the year than were issued to Irish citizens, according to the Irish Passport Office. It said that 78,744 first-time passports were issued to residents of the U.K. and the British provence of Northern Ireland during the first six months of 2019 compared to the 60,300 passports issued to Irish citizens. Based on those figures, the number of Irish passports being issued to U.K.
In the wake of the Brexit referendum, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs even published a guide to getting an Irish passport in the wake of the vote. In 2016, there were signs of a surge in passport applications hours after the U.K. referendum result was known. Google U.K. GOOG, -0.40% GOOGL, -0.31% searches for “getting an Irish passport” spiked 100% in the immediate aftermath of the U.K.
Don’t miss: ‘No-deal’ Brexit could cause shortages of food, drugs, fresh water, secret U.K. government memos warn It’s easier for some Britons than others to get an Irish passport. If you were born outside Ireland to an Irish citizen who was born outside Ireland, you are entitled to become an Irish citizen, even if your parent derived Irish citizenship through marriage, adoption or naturalization and he/she was an Irish citizen at the time of your birth.
British workers who fear losing their jobs with a Brexit could do worse than move to Ireland or anywhere else in the EU with an Irish passport in their back pocket. The EU sets a minimum paid vacation of 20 days per year, the standard in Ireland. But France mandates 30 days, followed by the U.K. and Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden .
The U.K.’s exit from the EU would have a negative effect on the Irish economy at least in the short to medium term, the ratings agency said, citing the country’s export sector.
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