US President Donald Trump may visit Ireland in September during the Irish Open golf tournament, the US Ambassador to Ireland has said.
The tournament is being hosted for the first time at the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Doonbeg in Co Clare.
Mr 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 10 to 13 September at the golf resort that Mr 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 Micheál Martin will meet Mr Trump at the White House next month during the annual St. Patrick’s Day meeting in Washington.
Earlier this month, the Taoiseach said the meeting will be “an opportunity to celebrate the warm and historic friendship between the US and Ireland”.
While the St Patrick’s week White House visit is now a firm annual tradition, the deteriorating relations between the EU and Mr Trump’s government, in addition to Mr Trump’s foreign and domestic policies have led to growing calls for Ireland not to attend this year’s events.