Niall’s virtual diary archives – Friday 21st April 2017

Friday 21st April 2017: 8.05pm. Location: Convention Centre.

Congratulations to +Megan Bean​ on becoming an Irish and European citizen in Dublin earlier today. As much as everyone here thinks immigrants just walk into full Irish citizenship dead easy, it actually takes many years meeting exact deadlines, standing in queues annually and a lot of money spent on visas, mandatory health insurance and other substantial costs. She now gets all the rights and privileges of being a European citizen including the all important EU passport - no more waiting in long queues when she travels around Europe! And thanks to my father for loaning us the fee for citizenship, we will be repaying it soon.