Originally Posted by
der_saeufer
It'd be interesting to know how many Irish citizens have passport cards, since I suspect that there are lots of Irish citizens who travel outside the CTA but don't leave the EU/EEA.
The thing with the Irish passport card is that you can only get it if you already have a passport book, and if your passport book has 6 months validity left when you apply, so will the card.
And apparently you can't just reuse the book's photo for the card unless you are applying for both at the same time.
If I were Irish I wouldn't bother as I don't find it particularly onerous to carry a passport book around.