Is it allowed to have dual EU citizenship?

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Ancutza

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I'm irish living for years and years in Romania, married to a romanian girl with a small daughter. For the moment our daughter is on her mums passport. We reckoned eventually we'd put the small one on an irish passport simply because nobody really has a 'beef' with the irish whereas on a romanian passport she'd be subject of all sorts of grief what with Romania's involvement in Afghanistan etc. If she was travelling when she's older then she'd better be an irish citizen in case of hijackings etc, etc. Yer I know! We're paranoid androids!

My best mate in Ireland is half german, quarter swiss and quarter irish. He holds dual nationality, Irish & Swiss, and always told me that he could either hold an irish passport or a german one but not both. Is this true?

What got me thinking (again) on this was the fact that the hungarian PM has chosen to step down and it appears that his self-nominated heir is an ethnic hungarian born in Romania and that the said 'heir' holds dual Romanian & Hungarian citizenship. How can this be?
 
She is entitled as you as her father are an Irish Citizen, you may have to complete a lot of paperwork though as you will possibly be applying via an Irish Embassy or Consulate?
 
Thanks for that. I know she can have an irish passport as her dad is irish but can she, at the same time, also hold a romanian passport?
 
Ancutza said:
My best mate in Ireland is half german, quarter swiss and quarter irish. He holds dual nationality, Irish & Swiss, and always told me that he could either hold an irish passport or a german one but not both. Is this true?
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I had always believed this to be the case.

I was born in England to UK (NI) parents and apparently I can hold a British passport or an Irish one - but not both. I've no desire or need for a British passport so this has never been tested as such - I've never considered it.

I have however since heard of people legitimately holding a few passports (like this guy - a musical hero of mine, holds 4 supposedly) so I'm not sure what the story is.
 
Germany don't allow dual citizenship once you turn 18 your must decide and my husband holds an irish and new zealand passport
 
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