Aoileann Ní Mhurchú

Aoileann Ní Mhurchú is a lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester. Her most recent book, published with Edinburgh University Press, is entitled 'Ambiguous Citizenship in an Age of Global Migration'.

Rethinking citizenship: revisiting the 2004 Irish Citizenship Referendum a decade later

In June 2004, the Irish electorate voted to remove automatic entitlement to birthright citizenship (jus soli), which had been in place since the foundation of the Irish state. The government argued that the children of migrant parents did not have ‘sufficient connections’ to Ireland to take up cit

By Aoileann Ní Mhurchú

/ 7 Aug 2014

Rethinking citizenship: revisiting the 2004 Irish Citizenship Referendum a decade later

By Aoileann Ní Mhurchú

/ 7 Aug 2014