Originally Posted by irishfeen:
“What British law?”
“What British law?”
Various acts of Parliament down through the years. BIg one would be the Ireland Act in 1949. That's what Alex Salmond was on about if Scotland became independent. He would have wanted the same treatment as the Republic of Ireland got, where Scotland was independent but at the same time Scotland and her people would not be considered foreign by the remaining UK state.
That's why Irish Citizens have basically the same rights as UK Citizens in the UK and vice versa.
This is constantly evolving in various areas of course. We're even at the point where In the long term If you want to come to Ireland from most Non-EU countries, you'll go to a UK embassy for the Visa from now on.
http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages...ited%20Kingdom
Because of the Common Travel Area in practical terms Britain first Border Checkpoint is Shannon Airport. (then again Ireland gets Dover)



