Key updatesTaoiseach braced for high-stakes Oval Office-style encounter with Donald Trump 4 minutes agoSeoirse Mulgrew
Preparations underway at the US Ambassador’s residence in the Phoenix Park
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Trumps to attend number of engagement’s on first day of his Irish trip
The Us White House Press Pool will be providing a detailed breakdown of US President Donald’s Trump visit to Ireland this week. In a post on X, it shared the schedule for Saturday which includes:
9:10 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in an Arrival Ceremony
Áras an Uachtaráin
Pre-Credentialed Media
9:20 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Courtesy Call with the President of Ireland
Áras an Uachtaráin
Closed Press
10:10 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the Taoiseach of Ireland
Farmleigh House
Out-of-Town Travel Pool
11:35 AM THE PRESIDENT delivers Remarks to U.S. Embassy Personnel and Business Leaders
Deerfield Residence
Out-of-Town Travel PoolWhite House Press Pool Reports on Twitter / X✈️🏌️ Travel Note 1 – Greetings from JBAGood evening from a very humid Joint Base Andrews. I’ll be the print pooler for this quick trip across the pond with President Trump for meetings in Dublin and a visit to his golf course in Doonbeg for the Irish Open.The president will…— White House Press Pool Reports (@WHPressPool) September 12, 2026
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Taoiseach braced for high-stakes Oval Office-style encounter with Donald Trump
The Taoiseach is prepared for a high-stakes and potentially wide-ranging bilateral meeting with American president Donald Trump, who is touching down in Dublin on Saturday for a whirlwind schedule of engagements that will test the enduring relationship between Ireland and the US.
Micheál Martin will host the meeting in Phoenix Park’s Farmleigh House. It will be similar in form to the annual St Patrick’s Day visit to the White House, with both men positioned on armchairs from which they will probably take questions from gathered media.
That is not the first hurdle of the day, either, with coalition figures largely in the dark over whether President Catherine Connolly will raise any of her previously aired concerns about Mr Trump and his policies.
Read more from Mary Regan and Maeve McTaggart here: Taoiseach braced for high-stakes Oval Office-style encounter with Donald TrumpUS president arrives in Dublin this weekend for two-day Irish tripwww.independent.ie 26 minutes agoSeoirse Mulgrew
US President Donald Trump set to touch down in Ireland
Good morning and welcome to the Irish Independent’s live blog covering the visit of US President Donald Trump to Ireland.
He will touch down on Saturday morning amid what has been described as one of the biggest security operations ever implemented by gardaí.
Mr Trump will take part in engagements in Dublin as well as at his golf resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare, which is hosting the Irish Open.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he looks forward to welcoming Mr Trump to Ireland and “discussing the many issues of mutual interest and reaffirming the strong economic, cultural and people-to-people ties between Ireland and the United States”.
“His visit comes during a remarkable sporting summer for Ireland, and the United States and this weekend’s 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,” he added.
He is expected to meet President Catherine Connolly, a long-standing critic of the US president, at her official residence Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, before a nearby engagement with Mr Martin, the Taoiseach at the Farmleigh Estate.
He will also attend a series of events at Deerfield, the residence of the US Ambassador to Ireland.
A number of protests against Mr Trump’s visit have been planned.TickarooLive Blog Software