{"id":256931,"date":"2026-01-21T23:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256931\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:08:08","slug":"army-called-to-trumps-doonbeg-golf-resort-after-discovery-of-suspicious-package-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/256931\/","title":{"rendered":"Army called to Trump\u2019s Doonbeg golf resort after discovery of suspicious package \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/defence-forces\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/defence-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defence Forces<\/a> bomb disposal team have been called to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/donald-trump\/\">Trump<\/a> Doonbeg Golf Links &amp; Hotel in Co <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/clare\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/clare\">Clare<\/a> after a suspicious package was found. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It is understood that the Army, fire brigade and garda\u00ed were all alerted to the incident this afternoon after the discovery of a package with white powder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A Garda spokesperson said: \u201cWe are currently dealing with an ongoing incident at a premises in west Clare. There will be no further comment at this time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The resort is part of US president Donald Trump\u2019s hospitality business. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The president\u2019s son Eric Trump made a private visit to the resort earlier this week before travelling to the World Economic Forum in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/davos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Davos<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Staff at the hotel raised the alarm about late on Wednesday afternoon and garda\u00ed called in the Army\u2019s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit to examine the package. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/business\/2026\/01\/21\/trump-drops-tariff-threat-over-greenland-after-agreeing-deal\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump drops tariff threat over Greenland after \u2018very productive meeting\u2019 with NatoOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A spokesperson for the Defence Forces said there would be no comment on ongoing operations due to security reasons. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The hotel and the Trump organisation were contacted for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Doonbeg will host the Irish Open golf tournament in September this year,  with some of the biggest names in international golf expected to take part. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">There has been speculation that Mr Trump may also attend but that is thought to be unlikely. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He has visited the resort on several occasions since he bought it in 2014, including during this first term as president in 2019 and again in 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The resort has been at the centre of security concerns previously. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">In March last year, a number of greens were dug up in an apparent protest act, and in late 2024, garda\u00ed carried out a search of the complex after threats were made against it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Defence Forces bomb disposal team have been called to Trump Doonbeg Golf Links &amp; Hotel in Co&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,15469,13308,969,61,60,93447,43],"class_list":["post-256931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-clare","tag-defence-forces","tag-donald-trump","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-army","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}