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US President Trump will meet with President Connolly and Taoiseach Micheál Martin during a brief visit to Ireland, which includes attending the Irish Open at his Doonbeg resort.
The meeting has been described as a “courtesy visit” will take place at Áras an Uachtaráin on the morning of Saturday 12th September, sources have confirmed to JOE.
During a campaign debate during the election, Connolly gave a measured response to the prospect of a meeting with Trump, replying, “if it’s just a meet and greet, then I will meet and greet. ” She was also asked during a TV debate how she would treat a visit by the U.S. president and whether she would challenge his backing of Israel in its war in Gaza.
Connolly replied that “genocide was enabled and resourced by American money,” but regarding a Trump visit, she would “meet and greet. ” However, if the discussion is genocide, “then that’s a completely different thing. ” Connolly has publicly described Trump as “volatile, unpredictable, acting like a bully, bringing in tariffs when it suits him. ” She has described the United States as an “imperial power” and claims it is part of global instability.
She has argued that Ireland cannot fully trust the U.S., the U.K. or France because, in her view, they are “deeply entrenched in an arms industry which causes bloodshed across the world.
“Have I a trust problem with America? I think every person in the country has a trust problem with America. ” President Trump mistakenly called Connolly"he" in previous comments, assuming the president was a man. Trump will spend just under two days in Ireland, he’ll also meet with Taoiseach Micheál Martin as well as turning the sod at the planned new US embassy building at the site of the old Jury’s hotel in Ballsbridge.
The Irish Open is taking place at Trump’s golf course and resort in Doonbeg, Co Clare from the 10th to 13th September, and he’s expected to travel there on Saturday afternoon before leaving early on the Monday. A bill to ban spiking has been “sitting on a desk” since 2023New e-scooter rules come into force tomorrow – Here’s everyt... The changes come in response to rising injuries and fatalities involving e-scooters.
New regulations governing e-scooter use will come into force tomorrow, following approval from Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien and Minister of State Seán Canney. The changes come as part of the Government’s response to a rise in serious injuries and fatalities involving e-scooter A bill to ban spiking has been “sitting on a desk” since 2023 Spiking is already a stand alone offence in the north, with a potential 10 year sentence.
There is still no stand alone offence against spiking in Ireland, despite a bill passing a Seanad stage in 2023. Spiking is usually when someone is administered a drug or chemical without their knowledge or permission in a night Conversion therapy in Ireland: Exorcisms and forced fantasy as the practice continues A man who underwent conversion therapy in Ireland says the practice is “terrifying” and still going happening.
Pádraig Ó Tuama, now an author and poet, originally from Cork, has been living in America writing his new book Love Between Men which focuses on Ó Tuama’s youth experiences with conversion therapy and the process from trauma to healing.
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