How to get an Irish passport

Mick Regan, I was writing about this before I saw your posts. I knew a Mick Regan from Westport who passed away a year or two ago. Was there another election and I was not told about it. Didn't read anything in the Belfast Telegraph. The BT must be slipping. So Kelly Fincham (who claims to have a kitchy Irish Passport/citizenhip)thinks Brian Cowen is the Taoiseach (Ireland doesn't have a PM, you are thinking of your other country England). How much more of the "information" in this article is incorrect? Can the Voice at least get writers with even minimal amount of knowledge about Ireland, PLEASE!

My father was born in Ireland and I was born in the US. So I've had both a US passport and an Irish passport for many years. Since I married a British subject (not a citizen) 38 years ago, the Irish passport came in handy when we traveled to England or Ireland. I didn't have to wait on long lines at customs. I'd use my Irish passport on the way out and my US passport on the way back to the US. Since 9/11/01, I only use my US passport and now that hubby is an American citizen, he has a US passport as well. I'll keep my opinions on how Ireland has changed since it joined the EU to myself.

There is no such thing as English citizenship. I think the author meant to say British citizenship, which I, as a Scot, have. I wish people would stop using the term English when they mean British.

A clue...if you're going to wait for 'Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Cowen' you could be waiting a while! :-)

Facinating logic for the 19th Century. Virtually all my grandparents were from Ireland. However, that is no guarantee they are laboratory grade "Celts". If Ireland was to be the "out of the box thinker, perhaps it would see the financial potential in 80 Million citizens. Suppose we said your "Y-DNA" must be R1B1A1XX (Atlantic Haplotype. That would require a 64 marker fingerprint. Once your genetic fingerprint became your bona fides, you could apply AND pay a minimum tax ANNUALY of $750. I see something like $18B to $20B dropping right into Dublin's lap.

I wonder what other benefits there are, if any, to having an Irish passport and not just a U.S. one. (Being eligible for the Irish passport, but not doing anything about it - so far!) Also, is it possible to hire someone to gather all of these documents for you? (An easier process, I would think.)

There is no such thing as "English citizenship." English people have British citizenship, otherwise known as UK citizenship.

Good reminder!

Wonder who'll be the first to point out the glaring mistake in this article?