Trump at residence of Irish president for first engagement during visit

ByGabija Gataveckaite BBC News NI Dublin correspondant. 12 September 2026, 00: 01 BST.

Key points

• Trump will then attend the Amgen Irish Open golf tournament which is taking place at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Doonbeg in County Clare.
• He was greeted by Tánaiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Simon Harris and Irish Foreign Minister Helen McEntee at Dublin Airport on Saturday morning.
• Trump will hold a courtesy call with Irish President Catherine Connolly as well as a bilateral session with Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin.
• Trump's motorcade has now arrived at Áras an Uachtaráin where he will meet Irish President Catherine Connolly.
• Ireland is one of the most pro-Palestinian countries in the European Union and has been criticised for its stance by Israel.

US President Donald Trump has arrived for a two-day visit to Ireland.

Trump will hold a courtesy call with Irish President Catherine Connolly as well as a bilateral session with Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin. He will additionally attend events at the US Ambassador to Ireland Ed Walsh's residence in Dublin's Phoenix Park.

Trump will then attend the Amgen Irish Open golf tournament which is taking place at the Trump International Golf Links and Hotel Doonbeg in County Clare. It he owns.

President Connolly, an outspoken Gaza activist who has been critical of the US and remarked Trump is acting "like a bully" over tariffs, has come under pressure to raise matters in the Middle East during her brief session with the US president.

Sinn Féin and a series of other parties in the Republic who backed her in the Irish presidency campaign last year have called on her to raise Gaza during her session with Trump.

Irish authorities have been planning for Trump's visit for months in what will be one of the biggest security operations in the history of the state. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

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For now, trump at residence of Irish president for first engagement during visit remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.