There’s some welcome news for Irish and indeed all EU nationals who’ve been living in Britain for the past number of years.
Theresa May has stated that EU nationals living in Britain will not be kicked out when Brexit takes effect.
There’s approximately 3 million EU expats living in the UK, but up until now their status after we leave the union had been unclear.
The British prime minister has offered a deal for them to have the right to stay – as long as the same applies to Brits elsewhere, so effectively she has thrown the ball back into the EU’s court to see what card they’ll play.
The Prime Minister told a European Council summit in Brussels that she wanted to offer ‘certainty’ to people and ensure that families are not split up by Brexit.