Brexit anger drove spy writer John le Carre to Irish citizenship

'My England would be the one that recognises its place in the EU,' the late John le Carre told a US interviewer in 2017. Photo: Reuters

British spy author John le Carre became an Irish citizen shortly before he died last year, driven by his animosity towards Britain's decision to leave the European Union, British media reported recently.

"He was, by the time he died, an Irish citizen," the novelist's son Nick Cornwell told the BBC.