Locals say they don’t really discuss ‘hush money’ trial, but are more focused on the success of the hotel and golf club which brings millions in to the village
Former US president Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Co Clare, during his visit to Ireland in May 2023. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA WireThat is according to a shop owner in Doonbeg, Co Clare, when asked to comment on Donald Trump being convicted for falsifying business records in the New York City “hush money” trial.
Since the Doonbeg golf resort came under the ownership of the Trump Organisation in February 2014, the former US president’s company has ploughed more than €40 million, including the purchase price, into the resort. “As long as we can maintain the relationship we have with them as a community, I don’t think there has been much talk about it, to be honest. We are more focused on how the golf club in Doonbeg is doing and how busy the season ahead will be. We don’t really focus on the politics side of the Trump organisation at all.”
He added: “The prism through which the Trump resort is viewed is always through the economic prism and what it is doing for the area.”
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