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by EUsmileWEallsmile » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:07 pm
Is your partner an Irish citizen (ie holder of an Irish passport)?
It can be a little confusing. A person born in Derry or Belfast could be either British or Irish or both.
The main point is that, if the EU person is a citizen of country A and moves to and works (or exercises treaty rights) in country B, they are covered by Freedom of movement. If not, they are citizens of country A and always lived in country A, they are not. Having exercised treaty rights, one could use them to move back to home country.
Reading your post, I suspect that you may have already used treaty rights to move to Ireland and not Northern Ireland, which is a constituent part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.