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It's not an irony at all - just the effect of EU free movement. The person with an Irish g/p is eligible under Irish law for a passport, and so becomes an EU citizen. The person with a British g/p can get an ancestry visa and under UK law can eventually become British themselves. Each country has the right to decide it's nationality laws...Tats wrote:Its ironical that a person with an Irish grandparent can automatically become an Irish citizen, come over to the UK and be considered settled here (indefinite leave to remain) while a person with a UK grandparent has to live here for several years under some strict rules before even being considered to be settled, not to mention becoming a citizen!