{"id":585207,"date":"2026-08-06T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/585207\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:28:11","slug":"nothing-confirmed-on-donald-trump-visit-to-ireland-taoiseach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/585207\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Nothing confirmed\u2019 on Donald Trump visit to Ireland \u2013 Taoiseach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin has said there is \u201cnothing confirmed\u201d in relation to the possible visit of Donald Trump to Ireland next month.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the US president will visit Ireland for at least two days from September 12th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trip will include a visit to Co Clare, where he is expected to attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his course in Doonbeg.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"425\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nothing-confirmed-on-donald-trump-visit-to-ireland-taoiseach.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump playing golf at Trump International Golf Links &amp; Hotel in Doonbeg, Co Clare, during his visit to Ireland in 2023\" data-title=\"Donald Trump visit to Ireland\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Brian Lawless\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>Donald Trump playing golf at Trump International Golf Links &amp; Hotel in Doonbeg, Co Clare, during his visit to Ireland in 2023 (Brian Lawless\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump is also expected to visit Dublin, but details on many elements of the engagement have yet to be finalised.<\/p>\n<p>The final day of the Irish Open is September 13th, with 9\/11 commemorations due to take place in the US that week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing confirmed there yet,\u201d Mr Martin said in Belfast on Thursday about a possible Trump visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been lots of speculation in respect of a prospective visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did say in his address to the Fourth of July celebrations at the American embassy that he would like to come to the Irish Open.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786040890_583_nothing-confirmed-on-donald-trump-visit-to-ireland-taoiseach.jpg\" alt=\"The Trump baby blimp is flown at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin during US President Donald Trump\u2019s visit to the Republic of Ireland\" data-title=\"President Trump visit to Ireland \u2013 Day Two\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Liam McBurney\" data-usage-terms=\"\"\/>The Trump baby blimp is flown at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin in 2019 (Liam McBurney\/PA)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"not-prose no-underline\" data-action=\"click\" data-category=\"Read more article clicked\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/man-21-accused-of-casually-brandishing-later-fired-by-child-in-dublin-1937084.html\" data-value=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingnews.ie\/ireland\/man-21-accused-of-casually-brandishing-later-fired-by-child-in-dublin-1937084.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/untitled-design-2026-04-30t180010-141.jpg\" class=\"rounded-sm object-contain bg-transparent z-10 w-full h-full not-prose\" alt=\"Man (21) Accused Of 'Casually' Brandishing Handgun Later Fired By Child In Dublin\" width=\"278\" height=\"156\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Ireland<\/p>\n<p>Man (21) accused of &#8216;casually&#8217; brandishing handgun later fired by child in Dublin<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been saying that consistently, but nothing confirmed and, obviously, there\u2019s a lot on in terms of the US calendar as well, so too early yet to give any details around what might or might not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his last visit to Ireland in 2023, Mr Trump was warmly welcomed to Doonbeg where locals waved American flags and some donned Make America Great Again caps.<\/p>\n<p>But his last visit when he was in office in 2019 sparked protests from climate change, left-wing, pro-Palestine, pro-choice, anti-racism and anti-war activists, who flew the Trump baby blimp in Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin has said there is \u201cnothing confirmed\u201d in relation to the possible visit of Donald Trump&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-585207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585207","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=585207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}