Politics
Trump arrives in Ireland for golf visit amid protests and a meeting with a critical president
September 11, 2026 at 05:27 PM · Updated 35d ago
Coverage
4 reports · over 24 hours
BNBBC News
Donald Trump: Protests expected as US President visits Ireland
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TGThe Guardian
Ireland holds its breath as its leftwing president prepares to meet Trump
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AJAl Jazeera English
‘Majority do not welcome him’: Trump heads to Ireland amid fury over Gaza
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BNBBC News
Donald Trump joins well-trodden presidential path to the Emerald Isle
(opens the publisher’s site)Donald Trump arrives in Dublin on Saturday for a two-day visit centred on golf, facing planned protests and a meeting with President Catherine Connolly, a vocal critic of his policies.
- Trump will meet Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin and Taoiseach Micheál Martin in separate talks before attending the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf resort in County Clare.
- A Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll found 69 percent of Irish people oppose the visit, and "No welcome for Trump" demonstrations are planned in Dublin.
- Connolly, who has called Trump "an abuser of power," said Ireland must "use our voice to speak to power and the abuse of power by president Trump."
- Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald urged Connolly to raise the "ongoing facilitation of a genocide in Gaza" in their meeting.
Latest developments
- Sep 11 — Irish authorities have spent months preparing for one of the biggest security operations in the state's history ahead of the visit.
- Sep 11 — The tournament has been identified as the Amgen Irish Open, with thousands of protesters expected in Dublin and Doonbeg.