{"id":621387,"date":"2026-09-11T12:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621387\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T12:28:12","slug":"trump-visit-involves-one-of-biggest-policing-operations-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621387\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump visit involves \u2018one of biggest\u2019 policing operations in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/donald-trump_topic-5046566.html\"> Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> visit will involve \u201cone of the biggest security and policing operations\u201d ever carried out by garda\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump will be in Ireland on September 12 and 13 for engagements in the capital, Dublin, as well as at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare, which will be hosting the Irish Open.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said it has been involved in \u201cintense, in-depth and extensive planning\u201d ahead of the visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It has declared an \u201cextraordinary event\u201d allowing for the changing of rosters and overtime arrangements, re-allocated staff, and engaged with Ireland\u2019s Defence Forces and other international police forces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5224900_1_articleinline_8d357a26-83ab-4f2c-be6a-8dcf51339d73.jpg\" alt=\"Garda at the Irish Open course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, ahead of US President Donald Trump's expected arrival at the weekend. Mr Trump is to visit Ireland on Saturday and Sunday where he will meet political leaders and also attend the Irish Open golf tournament. On Saturday, he will visit his ambassador Edward Walsh and speak to President Catherine Connolly in \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in. Picture date: Friday September 11, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless\/PA Wire\" title=\"Garda at the Irish Open course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, ahead of US President Donald Trump's expected arrival at the weekend. Mr Trump is to visit Ireland on Saturday and Sunday where he will meet political leaders and also attend the Irish Open golf tournament. On Saturday, he will visit his ambassador Edward Walsh and speak to President Catherine Connolly in \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in. Picture date: Friday September 11, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless\/PA Wire\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Garda at the Irish Open course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, ahead of US President Donald Trump&#8217;s expected arrival at the weekend. Mr Trump is to visit Ireland on Saturday and Sunday where he will meet political leaders and also attend the Irish Open golf tournament. On Saturday, he will visit his ambassador Edward Walsh and speak to President Catherine Connolly in \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in. Picture date: Friday September 11, 2026. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless\/PA Wire<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It said: \u201cThe policing and security operation for the visit of the 47th President of the United States of America will be one of the biggest policing and security operations implemented by An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It added: \u201cThe policing and security operation is a whole-of-An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOver the course of the policing and security operation, members of An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na will perform over 10,000 12-hour tours of duty from Friday until Sunday.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It involves the Special Tactics and Operations Command, Close Protection Officers, armed and intelligence units as well as public order police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Arrangements are being finalised, but it is understood Mr Trump will be greeted by the T\u00e1naiste Simon Harris at Dublin Airport on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He is then expected to meet President Catherine Connolly, a long-standing critic of the US President, at her official residence, \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in in Dublin\u2019s Phoenix Park before a nearby engagement with Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin at the Farmleigh Estate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump\u2019s visit will involve \u201cone of the biggest security and policing operations\u201d ever carried out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[45,969,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-621387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-an-garda-siochana","tag-donald-trump","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621387","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=621387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}