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# citizenship - Thursday 20 April, 2017
After visa changes, Australia is making it harder to become a citizen
Last year, nearly 4,000 Irish people became citizens.
# citizenship - Friday 3 February, 2017
Russian man who says he was born here in 1940 has citizenship bid overturned
The High Court had ruled in 2015 that Sergey Chesnokov had established he was born on Dublin’s Henrietta Street.
# citizenship - Wednesday 21 December, 2016
10% increase in Irish passports issued this year - but Brexit's not to blame
That’s according to Minister Charlie Flanagan.
# citizenship - Friday 1 July, 2016
'We don’t know what our futures will hold' - a multicultural family reacts to the Brexit vote
Gordon Reid examines the impact of Brexit on his British and Romanian family living in Ireland
# citizenship - Tuesday 28 June, 2016
Fianna Fáil TD apologises for asking how many Muslims have applied for Irish citizenship
Eamon Scanlon said that the question had been “misinterpreted”.
# citizenship - Wednesday 2 September, 2015
'One of the best': Joe Schmidt becomes an Irish citizen
Richardt Strauss and Olly Hodges were also granted citizenship today.
# citizenship - Friday 17 July, 2015
2,500 people officially became Irish today
Three citizenship ceremonies were held in Dublin earlier today.
# citizenship - Thursday 2 July, 2015
Ireland has given out citizenship to more people than anywhere else in the EU*
*Proportionally, that is.
# citizenship - Friday 10 April, 2015
PHOTOS: Meet Ireland's newest citizens
As of today, the country has 2,700 new citizens.
# citizenship - Monday 26 January, 2015
Citizenship and visa applications reach all time high
Some 172,000 new applications were received in 2014.
Over 400 Irish people will become Australian citizens today
On Australia Day and all.
# citizenship - Friday 23 January, 2015
'Ireland is great ... it has never tried to invade or enslave another country'
Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald was speaking about the country’s merits at a citizenship ceremony today.
# citizenship - Wednesday 19 November, 2014
Ireland grants citizenship to foreign nationals at a greater rate than every EU country bar one
Luxembourg’s massive foreign born population means they’re on top.
# citizenship - Monday 22 September, 2014
Meet some of Ireland's newest citizens
The country gained 3,275 new citizens today.
# citizenship - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
After six years living in limbo, Natig Sadygov declared stateless
Natig now hopes that his pending application for Irish citizenship will be processed swiftly.
# citizenship - Monday 31 March, 2014
VIDEO: Alan Shatter wasn't taking any questions this morning
A spokesperson for the minister said he had a “tight schedule” to stick to today.
# citizenship - Saturday 22 March, 2014
Column: The day I had to prove I was Irish – and failed
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.
# citizenship - Sunday 16 February, 2014
Column: For the Danes, life is all about community... can we learn from them?
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.
# citizenship - Monday 20 January, 2014
‘I can now feel lucky every day’: Over 3,000 people granted Irish citizenship
Watch what citizenship means to some of the candidates at today’s ceremony.
# citizenship - Monday 21 October, 2013
14 years after falling for Ireland, Alison becomes a citizen
The Today FM DJ joined 3,800 others who took their Oath of Fidelity to Ireland today.
# citizenship - Saturday 31 August, 2013
# citizenship - Tuesday 27 August, 2013
140 former asylum seekers became Irish citizens today
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”.
# citizenship - Sunday 18 August, 2013
Column: Why are we making citizenship difficult for those who are entitled to it?
If someone is willing to contribute to Irish society why do we put barriers in their way? asks Dr Matt Cannon.
# citizenship - Monday 29 July, 2013
Just 13 per cent of immigrants opting to become Irish citizens
Bureaucracy and ‘vagueness’ have been identified as some of the major barriers to citizenship, according to new research.
# citizenship - Friday 26 July, 2013
Costly college fees axed for migrants who become EU citizens
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.
# citizenship - Thursday 4 July, 2013
PICS: 4,500 become Irish citizens in giant ceremony
Around 4,500 people received their certificate of naturalisation at the Convention Centre today.
# citizenship - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Immigration reform set to pass first hurdle in US Senate - so what's in it?
Here’s a quick guide to the proposals which will face their first vote among the 100-member Senate this evening.
# citizenship - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Couple to be reunited with daughter after three years
The Irish government has reversed a decision to refuse three-year-old Jiayi a visa.
# citizenship - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Couple take fight to High Court to get daughter back from China
Three-year-old Jiayi Shao has been in China since 2009.
# citizenship - Friday 25 January, 2013
230 Irish expected to gain Australian citizenship tomorrow
January 26 is Australia Day, when it is traditional for people from other countries to formally receive Aussie citizenship.
# citizenship - Sunday 6 January, 2013
Citizenship is top issue on Immigrant Council helpline
The council is calling for a reform of the application system for people who wish to become Irish citizens.
# citizenship - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
Immigration in Ireland: Approximately 88,000 visa applications received in 2012
In total, approximately 165,700 immigration related requests were made in 2012.
# citizenship - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Nepal woman aged 105 finally granted citizenship
A Nepalese pensioner has been granted citizenship more than a century after she was born in a remote village of the Himalayan nation.
# citizenship - Friday 5 October, 2012
Canadian working abroad visa to be extended to two years
More than 10,000 visas will be made available by 2014 to Irish and Canadian participants for the newly-extended working holiday programme.
# citizenship - Thursday 27 September, 2012
(Really hard) Irish citizenship test: will you pass?
Do you remember what Biddy and Miley’s daughters were called?
# citizenship - Saturday 22 September, 2012
Yes, No or Ask Again: voting in Ireland's referendums over the years
Abortion, divorce and Europe – just some of the contentious issues that Ireland has voted on over the past 30 years.
# citizenship - Monday 14 May, 2012
Facebook co-founder renounces US citizenship days ahead of flotation
The move will result in Eduardo Saverin avoiding taxes of about $600 million when he collects his share of the site’s stock offering.
# citizenship - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
Column: I’ve been waiting three years on my citizenship application
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?
# citizenship - Friday 3 February, 2012
More than 2,250 new Irish citizens welcomed to the 'national family'
“As a people we have been enriched by your presence and in making you citizens of our ancient and proud land we are acknowledging that contribution,” – Minister Alan Shatter addresses Ireland’s newest citizens.
# citizenship - Thursday 2 February, 2012
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Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
IT’S A MONTH since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world, said HSE CEO Paul Reid last month.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day. The bluetooth function means that users will be notified via the app if they have been a close contact of a confirmed case.
As cases begin to rise again – particularly in Kildare, Laois and Offaly – health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
Of the 174 cases reported yesterday, around 50 of them were reported outside of the three counties now under new restrictions.
With that in mind, we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
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I didn't download it (2834)
Yes, but I only check in once or twice per week (2218)
No, I've stopped using it (2038)
Yes, but I only have the bluetooth contact tracing function enabled (1433)
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