Citizenship Reform – 2004

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Citizenship Reform – 2004

2004

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The Irish government finally amended its constitution on 24 June 2004 (27th Amendment), which stated that an Irish parent born on the island was “entitled [to] be an Irish citizen” (McAuley and Tonge, 2010).12. With this amendment in the Irish Constitution, citizens of Northern Ireland could choose to be citizens of the UK, Ireland, or both.

  1. “Constitution of Ireland,” Department of the Taoiseach, accessed January 21, 2013, http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/attached_files/html%20files/Constitution%20o…(Eng)Nov2004.htm
  2. James W. McAuley and Jonathan Tonge, “Britishness (and Irishness) in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement”, Parliamentary Affairs 63, no. 2 (2010): 266—285