The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was snowed under with a backlog of more than 30,000 complex foreign birth registrations, many from British citizens looking for Irish passports after Brexit.

"There’s a difference between what’s best for me and what’s best for the country", one Leave-voter desperate to abandon ship said. / The Daily Express was given a rude awakening to the realities of Brexit after data revealed Leave-voting Brits are applying for Irish passports.

Ireland’s Foreign Ministry revealed it issued over 1 million passports for the first time in 2022 and everyone is saying the same thing.

IRISH passport holders in Northern Ireland have increased by two-thirds, according to the latest census.

DOZENS of British officials working in the European Commission have secured an Irish passport in order to maintain career progress within the EU institutions after Brexit.

The number of applications for Irish passports coming from people in the UK have soared with the Brexit deadline right around the corner.

The number of British nationals applying for Irish citizenship has risen significantly since the Brexit referendum almost three years ago.

Identity has always been an issue in Northern Ireland that requires delicate handling. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement helped to smooth things over, by giving people the opportunity to identify as British, Irish or both. But Brexit makes that much more complicated again.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said that more than 230,000 applications have been received to date this year.

Officials expect around 5,000 people to apply online during St Patrick’s weekend.