This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this country.
According to the agency, a fifth of 779,000 ID cards issued per year were received by applicants living in the UK and Northern Ireland. The issuance of passports increased by 6% compared to the past and by 15% compared to 2015.
Increased interest in Irish citizenship in Dublin is associated with the intention of Britain to leave the EU in 2019.
Since the summer of last year, when the British voted for Brexit in a referendum, in other EU countries the number of applications from British citizens to obtain citizenship also began to grow.
Recall, as previously reported, "URA-Inform," the State Migration Service of our country intends in the coming months to return to the scheduled issuance of passports.