Tag: U.K.

Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22% in 2018

Dec 31, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

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The number of British citizens applying for Irish passports rose by 22 per cent in 2018, Ireland’s foreign office said on Monday, more than doubling the total of annual applications since Britain voted to leave the EU. Almost 100,000 eligible Britons sought to hang onto their EU citizenship via a passport from their nearest neighbour…
Trump may visit U.K. May 2019 after country’s departure in March

Dec 31, 2018

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Ediri Oyibo

in World

U.S. President Donald Trump may visit Britain in May 2019 after the country’s departure in March from the European Union, the U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Woody Johnson, said on Monday. Asked whether a state visit, promised by Prime Minister Theresa May last year, could be rescheduled to coincide with a commemoration of the end of…