Re: Anyone else being asked by agencies ...
@Zippy´s Sausage Factory
If you have a grandparent (grandmother preferably) that was born in any part of Ireland then you can get one. First you need to get on the Foreign Birth Register:
https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/
The required paperwork can take a while to get together, the list is long, depending upon what you already have/know. Once you submit the paperwork it takes *up to* six months to process (currently about four to five months, but can be longer depending how complete/complex you paperwork is). So, if you know your family tree and have the paperwork already, and counting in 1 month to get the actually passport you could just do it before brexit day. Perhaps.
Good luck!