On: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

[berdario]

They probably singled out Irish citizens because Ireland (just like the UK) doesn't provide ID cards...

But they have a "passport card"

https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel-and-recreation/...

I don't see why Bundespolizie would have had to treat people differently, alas it's usually difficult to argue with a foreign country border police