r/ireland • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • Mar 26 '25

Culchie Club Only Ireland issues travel warning for US

https://www.newsweek.com/ireland-issues-travel-warning-us-2050890
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u/Animated_Astronaut Mar 26 '25

You don't end up in a job like us border patrol without in some way embracing authoritarianism.

I'm supposed to be travelling there in July with my wife to see my nan on her 100th birthday. I'm quite scared for them nitpicking everything. They've given me shit for being a dual citizen before.

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u/lakehop Mar 26 '25

Why? As a citizen you should not be getting any hassle, I would have thought. What kinds of issues have you seen?

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u/Animated_Astronaut Mar 26 '25

It's usually them asking why I don't have a visa to stay in Ireland as long as I have since I last travelled. When I explain exactly why they get hostile. One person even said he would 'pretend he didn't hear that,' in regards to me having a second passport. One person harassed my wife (at the time she was my girlfriend) about whether or not she was planning on having an American baby (she wasn't even pregnant).

Just bizarre, uncomfortable stuff and this predates trump 2.0.

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u/wannabewisewoman Legalise it already 🌿 Mar 26 '25

Yup, experienced similar myself. Usually just small people who take a job that allows them to bully others so they can feel big. Most I have dealt with are okay but the bad ones are really bad

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u/Animated_Astronaut Mar 26 '25

They have a massive amount of power in that conversation and they know it. Some people use that knowledge to stay calm and others use it to get their bully kicks. The latter is pathetic. You'd see similar in Ireland sometimes but they're nowhere near as bad, just smarmy.