Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Britons applying for Irish citizenship up by 2000 per cent

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The number of British nationals applying for Irish citizenship has risen by more than 2,000 per cent since the Brexit referendum almost three years...

No more ‘show’ services for Irish cartels, warns Archbishop

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Members of Dublin’s drug cartels should be prevented from using religious services to promote their “evil” and “revolting business of death”, the Archbishop of...

Irish consulate reopens in Wales

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The Irish government has reopened its consulate in Wales after 10 years of no diplomatic hub in Cardiff. The Ambassador of Ireland to the...

Javid’s ‘Irish tail wags the dog’ gaffe criticised

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Home Secretary and leadership hopeful Sajid Javid has been criticised for describing Ireland as “the tail that wags the dog” on Brexit. The Tory...

I can renegotiate Brexit deal as PM, Corbyn claims in Dublin

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Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party, has claimed he could renegotiate the Brexit deal as prime minister and that any second referendum...

A United Ireland would be ‘acceptable’, says Ian Paisley’s widow

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Baroness Eileen Paisley, wife of DUP founder and firebrand preacher Ian Paisley, has said the partition of Ireland was perhaps “a wrong division” and...

More used UK cars sold in Ireland than new ones, study finds

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The sale of imported second-hand cars from the UK to Ireland is this year outstripping the numbers of new cars sold, a new study...

Idea of Boris as PM ‘beggars belief’, says Sturgeon

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It “absolutely beggars belief” that the Conservative party would even consider electing Boris Johnson as British prime minister, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has...

‘Our two countries remain committed to working together’

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I was very pleased to have the chance to visit London in recent weeks for a series of meetings over three days, including with...

A Wicklow welcome for the royals

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Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are this week spending two days in Wicklow - their first visit since last year’s four-day...