Main pointsDonald Trump met President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin this morning.US president then attended a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Farmleigh House.He will depart Dublin afterwards and spend the night in Doonbeg before watching the Irish Open on Sunday.Trump was greeted by Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee at Dublin Airport on Saturday morning.Simon Harris highlights ‘bilateral relationship’ between US and Ireland.Best reads‘He’s keeping our village alive’: Doonbeg residents prepare to host Donald Trump‘No tolerance’ for public disorder during Trump visit – Garda CommissionerDonald Trump expected to urge Ireland to buy liquefied natural gas from US during visitShane Lowry surges ahead as Doonbeg security teams swarm for Donald Trump’s arrivalKatie Mellett - 8 minutes agoDublin protest swells from O’Connell Street to Dawson StreetProtesters on O'Connell Bridge. Photograph: Caroline O'Doherty / Irish Times Protesters on O'Connell Bridge. Photograph: Caroline O'Doherty / Irish Times Back in Dublin, Climate and Science correspondent Caroline O’Doherty has the latest from the protest which has now swelled to many hundreds of people stretching from O’Connell Street to Dawson Street.It’s lively and loud but peaceful and an anticipated counter protest at the GPO did not materialise, she reports.The marchers are chanting in support of Palestine and with demands for Trump to be jailed.In recognition that Trump brushed off mention of protests earlier, saying he hadn’t seen any, marchers are seeking the ear of Government, chanting: “Micheál Martin, can you hear, we don’t want warmongers here.”Katie Mellett - 10 minutes agoAir Force One flying in over Shannon before landing. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien / Irish Times Irish Times photographer Bryan O’Brien captured Trump’s Air Force One flying in over Shannon before landing.Conor Pope - 24 minutes agoTrump’s Dublin departure was captured by the DAA with the authority only delighted to hand over responsibility to the folk down in Shannon.Conor Pope - 28 minutes agoBack to Clare for now where we are still waiting for Trump to land in Shannon but something quite dramatic has just happened. Air Force One has done a fly-by of President Donald Trump’s golf resort at Doonbeg en route to Shannon Airport. Trump is due at the Irish Open tournament later this afternoon pic.twitter.com/YMIXbvzw2p— Cormac McQuinn (@CormacMcQuinn) September 12, 2026