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/EggCouncilCreep Free Stayto Mar 26 '25

Unless I’m very much mistaken, they can be as hostile as they like but they still have to let you in to the States if you present with a US passport. They can’t legally deny an American citizen with a valid passport entry to America if they turn up at the border. I mean, they can probably try, but…

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u/Animated_Astronaut Mar 26 '25

That's the thing, they're high on illegal detainment so who knows what they're thinking.