evidence: Applications for Irish passports have reached a record high with a surge in demand from people in Britain after the Brexit vote. The rise has resulted in more than 700,000 Irish passports being issued so far in 2016, according to the government in Dublin. A tweet from the Irish passport office said: "Wow, we have just broken a new record, over 700,000 passports have been issued so far this year! #RecordBreaker." Irish passports will be valuable travel documents after Britain leaves the EU as they will allow the holder to continue to move and work freely within the bloc. Passport applications from Britain over the first ten months of the year were 58,015 — 42 per cent higher than the corresponding period last year. Applications