British citizenship laws are out of step with Northern Ireland's 1998 peace...
DUBLIN - British citizenship laws are out of step with Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace accord that recognised the birthright of anyone in the British-run region to identify as Irish, British or both, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.
Varadkar was responding to a high-profile citizenship ruling handed down at a hugely sensitive time in Britain’s negotiations to leave the European Union, which could redefine Northern Ireland’s relationship with the rest of the United Kingdom and the Irish republic, threatening 20 years of peace in the region.
On Monday, DeSouza lost an appeal the interior ministry took against an earlier immigration tribunal ruling that found in her favour, prompting questions in Ireland’s parliament by the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party. “It is my view that the British citizenship laws are out of step with the letter and spirit of that agreement.. This judgement appears to make a distinction between identifying as British or Irish, as opposed to being a citizen and that is a misreading in our view of the Good Friday Agreement.”
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