Ireland now may be home to at least 37,000 former residents of Latvia, according to data compiled by the Irish Department of Social and Family Affairs. The figure is based on records of Personal Public Service Numbers issued by the Irish government. From the middle of 2000 through the end of 2007, a total of 35,059 numbers have been issued to persons from Latvia. Through the first seven months of 2008, an additional 2,192 numbers have been issued.

The Latvians living in GB and Ireland are seriously planning to establish the party of their own. The idea is intensively discussed at a specially opened Irish internet portal for Latvians www.baltic-ireland.ie. Latvian citizens living there are not only determined ...