Now that Britainhas votedto leave   the European Union , there has been asurgein the number of UK   citizen of Irish descent apply for Irish recommendation . The demand has get so big that   Irish Foreign Affairs Minister   Charlie Flanagan has had to issue a statement requesting that people not overload the service .

" The increase interest distinctly point to a horse sense of concern among some UK passport holder that the rightfield they savour as EU citizen are about to short end , " Flanagan said   in anofficial statement . " I want to state clear that this is not the case . The United Kingdom has vote to leave the European Union but it has not yet left . "

British citizen will still be admit to move about Europe until the damage of the exit have been negotiated , but no one really knows when the messy , unprecedented   changes will take effect . " We are not on Facebook , where thing are ' complicated , ' "   Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettelsaid at an EU summitthis week . " We are marital or divorced but not something in between . " Others also expressed pastime in a speedy split now that the votes have been hurtle , withFrench President Francois Hollande   call for the UK to submit its notification to pull up stakes " as fast as potential . "

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A note on the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs ( DFA ) website concerning the EU UK Referendumstates that"current rules govern the residence rights of Irish citizens in the UK stay in billet . " The site calculate , accord to 2011 Census issue , that there are 430,000 Irish - born the great unwashed living in Britain , and adds that " aUK exit from the EU does not change anything regarding entitlement to Irish citizenship . " Because the exit is expected to take two years or more , the DFA reiterates that there is no " pressing need " for British recommendation holders to seek EU member - country passports . However , it does give notice residents to verify that their recommendation are valid at least three months prior to travel plans , and to set aside a lower limit of seven week for a refilling .