Trump last made an official visit to Ireland as president in 2019 when he stayed at the Trump International Golf Club in Doonbeg. The Irish Open will be held from September 10 to 13 at the golf resort Trump bought in 2014.

“We do have a potential presidential visit at the Irish Open in September,” Edward Walsh told an American Chamber of Commerce Ireland event in Dublin.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin will meet Trump at the White House next month during the two countries’ annual St. Patrick’s Day meeting in Washington.

Mr Trump regularly visits his golf course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, which was granted planning permission this week for the “nicest ballroom in the country”.

The development, which consists of the demolition of the hotel’s existing marquee and its associated service areas, and the demolition of Doughmore House, is, according to Donald Trump’s son Eric, set to be “spectacular”.

Earlier this week Sports Minister Patrick O’Donovan said he expects US President Donald Trump to visit Ireland “at some point in the future” but that the Government had not yet been given notice Mr Trump intends to travel to the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf resort later this year.

Speaking at the Aviva Stadium following reports in recent days that Trump was likely to attend the golf tournament in September in Co Clare, Mr O’Donovan suggested Mr Trump’s plans would likely become clear after the annual St Patrick’s Day visit in March.

“The Taoiseach is meeting the President of the United States on St Patrick’s Day, and I’m sure these things will become clear after the fact,” Mr O’Donovan said on Tuesday.

Eric Trump previously told the Sunday Independent that his father is making plans to be in Doonbeg in September.

“I think he’s gonna be here. He really wants to be here — and I know Rory definitely wants him here.”

The middle son he wanted to see a Trump Tower built in Dublin as a monument to his father, adding that his family would have invested millions more in Ireland, were it not for our sluggish planning system.

It’s something both he and his father have been vocal about ever since they acquired the hotel and golf course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, back in 2014.