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Il governo irlandese ha cambiato le norme sui passaporti, per permettere alle persone dell’Irlanda del Nord che hanno scelto il passaporto irlandese, di iscrivere Londonderry come loro luogo di nascita.
In precedenza avrebbero dovuto utilizzare Derry.
Il Ministro degli Esteri Michael Martin, ha dichiarato che questo cambiamento è un modo per commemorare l’11° anniversario del Good Friday Agreement, nella speranza che le persone di entrambe le tradizioni (irlandese e inglese) possano esprimere la loro cultura, lingua e tradizione, in un clima di tolleranza e di rispetto reciproco, senza discriminazioni o molestie.
La decisione è stata accolta con favore da Gregory Campbel, parlamentare di East Londonderry, “Sono stato attivo sulla questione dei passaporti per diversi anni e mi congratulo con chi ha insistito, con la mia assistenza, per correggere questa ingiustizia”.
Doire, nome irlandese della contea in cui si trova la città, rimarrà invariato su entrambe le versioni del passaporto.
Più di 400.000 persone in Irlanda del Nord hanno chiesto il passaporto irlandese dopo la firma del Good Friday Agreement. Le domande per i passaporti possono essere presentate in 70 uffici postali sparsi per l’Irlanda del Nord.

Irish Londonderry passport change (BBC News Northern Ireland)
The Irish government has changed rules on passports to allow people from NI applying for Irish passports to list their place of birth as Londonderry.
Previously, they would have to have used the name Derry.
Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said the gesture was timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
He said that enshrined the right of NI residents to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both.
“I believe that for this birthright to be fulfilled, people of both traditions in Northern Ireland must be able to express their culture, language, and tradition in a climate of tolerance and mutual respect, free from discrimination or harassment,” Mr Martin said.
“This decision carries no implications as regards the official or legal title of any political entity.
“It is simply an attempt to accommodate the different traditions on this island.”
The decision was welcomed by East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell.
“The fact that the government of the Irish Republic has abandoned the exclusionist nationalist agenda of forcing people to list their address as ‘Derry’, when they apply for a passport is indicative of new political realities,” Mr Campbell said.
“I have been active on the issue of passports for several years and I pay tribute to the persistence of a constituent who insisted over a number of years with my assistance in having this injustice rectified.”
The Irish language name of the city or county will continued to be entered as Doire on passports, regardless of which English version is chosen.
More than 400,000 people in Northern Ireland have claimed Irish passports since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
Applications for the passports can be made in 70 post offices across Northern Ireland.