{"id":614172,"date":"2026-09-04T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/614172\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:06:24","slug":"phoenix-park-and-dublin-zoo-to-close-for-two-days-next-week-to-facilitate-trump-visit-to-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/614172\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Park and Dublin Zoo to close for two days next week to facilitate Trump visit to Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALL GATES AND roads\u00a0of the Phoenix Park will be closed from next Thursday to Saturday to facilitate the visit of US president Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will meet with President Catherine Connolly at\u00a0\u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in on Saturday next.<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix Park has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phoenixpark.ie\/road-and-gate-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">apologised for any inconvenience<\/a> this closure may cause and added that it appreciates the cooperation of the public.<\/p>\n<p>All gates and roads will close from 11pm on Thursday 10 September until 6pm on Saturday 12 September.<\/p>\n<p>This means that public access to attractions such as Dublin Zoo will not be facilitated during this period.<\/p>\n<p>A notice on the Dublin Zoo website notes that it will be closed to visitors on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September for \u201coperational reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin Zoo will reopen as normal on Sunday 13 September.<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix Park added that should operations be completed ahead of schedule, the gates will re-open earlier than scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejournal.ie\/trump-to-meet-president-connelly-when-he-visits-next-week-7150927-Sep2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">described as a \u201ccourtesy visit\u201d<\/a> will take place at \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in on the morning of Saturday 12 September between Trump and Connolly.<\/p>\n<p>Trump will spend just under 48 hours in Ireland, and it\u2019s expected he\u2019ll also meet with Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin, as well as turning the sod at the planned new US embassy building at the site of the old Jury\u2019s hotel in Ballsbridge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Irish Open is taking place at Trump\u2019s golf course and resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare from 10 to 13 September, and he\u2019s expected to travel there on Saturday afternoon before leaving early on the Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALL GATES AND roads\u00a0of the Phoenix Park will be closed from next Thursday to Saturday to facilitate the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[60888,3656,969,74259,42,43,260508,29685,40,38,41,39,260509],"class_list":["post-614172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-aras-an-uachatarain","tag-catherine-connolly","tag-donald-trump","tag-dublin-zoo","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-no-way-in","tag-phoenix-park","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trump-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614172","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=614172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}