Australia's deputy prime minister may not be eligible for parliament due to dual citizenship
Barnaby Joyce is the latest politician in Australia to fall victim of the obscure citizenship rule.
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Barnaby Joyce is the latest politician in Australia to fall victim of the obscure citizenship rule.
A group of teenagers in Ballaghaderreen have won a top prize at the Foróige Citizenship Awards for their efforts at welcoming Syrian refugees to their town.
Last year, nearly 4,000 Irish people became citizens.
The High Court had ruled in 2015 that Sergey Chesnokov had established he was born on Dublin’s Henrietta Street.
That’s according to Minister Charlie Flanagan.
Gordon Reid examines the impact of Brexit on his British and Romanian family living in Ireland
Eamon Scanlon said that the question had been “misinterpreted”.
Richardt Strauss and Olly Hodges were also granted citizenship today.
Three citizenship ceremonies were held in Dublin earlier today.
*Proportionally, that is.
As of today, the country has 2,700 new citizens.
Some 172,000 new applications were received in 2014.
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald was speaking about the country’s merits at a citizenship ceremony today.
Luxembourg’s massive foreign born population means they’re on top.
Natig now hopes that his pending application for Irish citizenship will be processed swiftly.
A spokesperson for the minister said he had a “tight schedule” to stick to today.
Both my parents are Irish, I live in Ireland and I hold an Irish passport. But that wasn’t enough when I was called interview for America’s coveted ‘greencard lottery’, writes Stephen Collins.
The Danes have good food, a high standard of living, and are the happiest people in the word… what’s their secret? John Verling looks at the culture differences between Ireland and Denmark.
Watch what citizenship means to some of the candidates at today’s ceremony.
The Today FM DJ joined 3,800 others who took their Oath of Fidelity to Ireland today.
Here’s our round-up of the most interesting and most popular comments from this week. Did you make it in?
Speaking at a ceremony in Dublin, Minister Alan Shatter welcomed 1,000 new citizens “from states whose names commence with almost every letter of the alphabet”.
If someone is willing to contribute to Irish society why do we put barriers in their way? asks Dr Matt Cannon.
Bureaucracy and ‘vagueness’ have been identified as some of the major barriers to citizenship, according to new research.
Up until now, students who are resident in Ireland but whose families are from outside the EU get free primary and secondary education – but have had to pay more than €10,000 per year at third level.
Around 4,500 people received their certificate of naturalisation at the Convention Centre today.
Here’s a quick guide to the proposals which will face their first vote among the 100-member Senate this evening.
The Irish government has reversed a decision to refuse three-year-old Jiayi a visa.
Three-year-old Jiayi Shao has been in China since 2009.
January 26 is Australia Day, when it is traditional for people from other countries to formally receive Aussie citizenship.
The council is calling for a reform of the application system for people who wish to become Irish citizens.
In total, approximately 165,700 immigration related requests were made in 2012.
A Nepalese pensioner has been granted citizenship more than a century after she was born in a remote village of the Himalayan nation.
More than 10,000 visas will be made available by 2014 to Irish and Canadian participants for the newly-extended working holiday programme.
Do you remember what Biddy and Miley’s daughters were called?
Abortion, divorce and Europe – just some of the contentious issues that Ireland has voted on over the past 30 years.
The move will result in Eduardo Saverin avoiding taxes of about $600 million when he collects his share of the site’s stock offering.
Lutfullah Shafaq, 23, has a degree, has never claimed benefits, and wants to work as an Irish taxpayer. So why is the Government restricting his movements?