Over 7,500 people will be granted Irish citizenship at the INEC in Killarney over the next two days.
Of the applicants, 114 are based in Kerry.
Today and tomorrow applicants from over 143 countries and across all 32 counties on the island will make a declaration of fidelity and loyalty to the State and become Irish citizens in the INEC in Killarney.
Seven ceremonies will be held over the two days, where Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan will be joined by Minister of State with responsibility for Migration, Colm Brophy, and Minister of State with responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice, Niall Collins.
Judge Paddy McMahon is the Presiding Officer at the ceremonies, and will confer the atendees with Irish Citizenship.
The Citizenship Division of the Department has gone from processing around 12,000 applications a year to processing over 20,000 applications in 2023, and nearly 31,000 in 2024.
The introduction of an online digital application, online payments, and eVetting has resulted processing times are now decreasing year on year, from 15 months in 2023 to 8 months in 2024.
India has the highest number of new irish citizens, at 1,888, followed by Brazil at 817, and the United Kingdom at 517.
114 of the applicants are based in Kerry. the highest number of applicants are from Dublin, at 3820, followed by 777 based in Cork.
