# Irish PM says Ireland is not ‘overrun’ by immigrants as government weighs tighter rules

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- Fox News, 2026-09-30 17:34 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/irish-pm-says-ireland-not-overrun-immigrants-legal-migration-tied-economic-success

> Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin rejected claims that Ireland is “overrun” by immigrants, saying the country’s demographic shift has largely been driven by legal migration linked to economic success. He acknowledged that asylum processing had been too slow and said the government is considering longer residency requirements for citizenship, language and self-sufficiency conditions, and possibly publishing crime data by nationality.