How to get an Irish passport

Faber, I speak some French. Thats ridiculous logic.

Curitiba, We dont speak Spanish or Italian! Thats why we go to Australia or the US. Are you just pretending to be dumb now? You dont know many irish people so you have no idea where or why they go anywhere. I have plenty of mates working in many non English speaking countries all over the world but the jobs they want are in English speaking countries. Use your head for feck sake! Stop talking about us like you know us. Thats one of the reasons Irish mock 'Irish' Americans. You do not know us so stop talking about us like you do. Why dont you ask an irish person why they moved to the country they are in instead of pretending that you already know the answer?

If the Irish Government wishes to promote the Irish language, they could offer citizenship to people who could pass a certain level of proficiency in the Irish language. My family came from Ireland so long ago that I can't get a passport through grandparents. i would however like to take a test in Irish to try to obtain a passport.

The only functioning economy in Europe is Britain's.

Work in all 27 European states? That's a laugh. Most of them don't have functioning economies and the rest wouldn't employ you to clean a toilet unless you have native proficiency in their language, much less give you a job in the Mercedes or Citroen factory. If that weren't true, then why are so many Irish heading for Australia or begging to be let into America, and not to Milan or Madrid? Europe is NOT the USA

Having been born in London to Irish parents, I had to obtain the birth cert. of one parent in the late 50s in order to obtain an Irish passport. People at both sides of the Irish Border can claim Irish citizenship and easily obtain Irish passports. In the early 90s, I read of a disgruntled Unionist in Belfast who got an Irish passport at the local Irish consulate. He then walked down the street proudly waveing his new acquisition and shouiting "Tiocfaidh ár lá". (Our day will come).

your article states "Once you have established your Irish citizenship – which can take up to 18 months to process" You make the Irish passport office sound like it's run by a bunch of monkeys...with all required documents in order it takes no longer than a month. I had my passport in 10 days