{"id":621935,"date":"2026-09-12T00:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T00:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621935\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T00:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T00:28:12","slug":"us-president-donald-trump-set-to-touch-down-in-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621935\/","title":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump set to touch down in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr Trump is expected to visit the Irish capital Dublin as well as his golf course in Doonbeg, Co Clare.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump is due to land in Ireland this morning.<\/p>\n

He will touch down on Saturday morning amid what has been described as one of the biggest security operations ever implemented by the Irish police service (An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na).<\/p>\n

Mr Trump will take part in engagements in the Irish capital Dublin as well as at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare, which is hosting the Irish Open.<\/p>\n

Irish premier Miche\u00e1l Martin said he looks forward to welcoming Mr Trump to Ireland and \u201cdiscussing the many issues of mutual interest and reaffirming the strong economic, cultural and people-to-people ties between Ireland and the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis visit comes during a remarkable sporting summer for Ireland, and the United States and this weekend\u2019s Irish Open at Trump International Doonbeg will be a fitting conclusion to an outstanding season of sport, and I hope we will see an Irish winner lifting the trophy on Sunday,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldUS President Donald Trump on the 15th hole at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Co Clare, during his visit to Ireland in 2023 (Brian Lawless\/PA)<\/p>\n

He is 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 Mr Martin, the Taoiseach at the Farmleigh Estate.<\/p>\n

He will also attend a series of events at Deerfield, the residence of the US Ambassador to Ireland.<\/p>\n

A number of protests against Mr Trump\u2019s visit have been planned.<\/p>\n

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly said peaceful protest would be facilitated as much as possible, but there will be \u201cno tolerance\u201d for public disorder or attempts to impact \u201ccritical movements\u201d of the US president.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have robust policing plans in place and will arrest and prosecute those committing offences\u201d, he said, adding that water cannon will be \u201con standby\u201d but said he hoped they would not be needed.<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s deputy premier Simon Harris will welcome Mr Trump as he arrives off Air Force One at Dublin Airport early on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldGarda officers patrol the beach on day two of the Amgen Irish Open at Trump International Golf Links Ireland in Doonbeg on Friday (Brian Lawless\/PA)<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the moment, the T\u00e1naiste said the visit offers an \u201copportunity to mark and reflect on the deep and enduring links between Ireland and the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to getting a chance to meet again with President Trump following a brief engagement on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York last year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIreland and the US have deep and enduring political, economic, cultural and historical links that transcend the administrations on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are clear benefits from high-level visits such as this as they offer an opportunity to engage on the deep economic relationship between our two countries which creates prosperity, jobs and opportunity for large numbers of people here and in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Harris said Mr Trump\u2019s visit will be an opportunity for the Irish Government to engage substantively as the US remains Ireland\u2019s largest trading and investment partner.<\/p>\n

\"IrishIrish deputy premier Simon Harris will greet the US president at Dublin Airport (Brian Lawless\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 900 US companies directly employ 245,000 people in Ireland, while more than 200,000 people are directly employed by almost 800 Irish companies in the US,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur economic partnership delivers for both countries. US firms present in Ireland have contributed to an economic ecosystem that has driven improvements in productivity and encouraged Irish companies to scale and grow in the US and internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n

The visit will cause significant disruption and road closures around Dublin Airport and across the capital city as well as in Co Clare and Shannon Airport which will also be used by Mr Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr Trump is expected to visit the Irish capital Dublin as well as his golf course in Doonbeg,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-621935","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\/621935","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=621935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}