When I joined over 3,000 newly naturalised Irish citizens for a celebration of this “momentous occasion” at the invitation of Minister for Justice Helen McEntee in December 2021 (on Zoom, where all events took place at that time), retired High Court Judge Bryan McMahon told us that we were now as Irish as any other citizen and should not let anybody tell us otherwise. After warmly welcoming us into the nation on that day, however, McEntee, backed by a majority of TDs, has just undermined the equal footing described by Mr Justice McMahon. Last week, she introduced a last-minute amendment…

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