Brexit puts special rights for Irish citizens in UK ‘at risk’

As home secretary Theresa May promoted a ‘hostile environment’ policy on migrants.Irish citizens in Britain could lose their right to live, work and get NHS services in the country after Brexit, according to a new report that warns that the special status enjoyed by thousands of Irish in the UK is far from secure.Laws governing their status are a “patchwork” that could fall apart under post-Brexit political and practical pressures, says the report, which comes before Mond