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Moving the goalposts

Pauline Tully

“The question of whether transitional arrangements should be put in place for people who have established their lives in Ireland under the existing rules with expectations around when they could apply for citizenship based on reckonable residency must be examined.”

Pauline TullySenator, Cultural and Educational Panel · Sinn FéinIn the Seanad on 24 September 2026: read it in the official record ↗On the board: No position on the eight years

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Five years was the promise.

People came to Ireland on the rule of five years and planned their lives on it. The Government wants eight, for them too, and has published no reason why.