>>513723680
You're missing a big part of the story.
The guy charged was caught by American homeland security who operate at the US border control in Dublin.
He was an British citizen, on his way to the New York comic con, going through US pre-clearence in Dublin Airport.
Now, why would the American department of Homeland Security be searching phones and turning over those the find with loli drawings to the local police for prosecution?

>>513655941
>International flights are different and subject to more strict/thorough vetting. Searching a phone (and any hard drives, etc) may be part of the process.
This has 100% got to do with criticism of Israel's genocide of the Gazans