Main pointsDonald Trump met President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin this morningThousands protested across Dublin and Clare at Trump’s arrival todayUS president then attended a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Farmleigh HouseTrump landed in Doonbeg this afternoon before watching the Irish Open on SundayHe was greeted by Tánaiste Simon Harris and Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee at Dublin Airport on Saturday morningSimon Harris highlights ‘bilateral relationship’ between US and IrelandBest 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 - 5 minutes agoBeauty queens, corporate titans and Michael Flatley gather for Trump’s meandering addressHandout photo issued by the US Embassy in Dublin of US president Donald Trump during a visit to Deerfield, the US Ambassador's residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, during his trip to the Republic of Ireland. Photograph: Naoise Culhane/PA Wire Handout photo issued by the US Embassy in Dublin of US Ambassador to Ireland, Edward Walsh, speaking to US president Donald Trump during a visit to Deerfield, the US Ambassador's residence in Phoenix Park, Dublin, during his trip to the Republic of Ireland. Photograph: Naoise Culhane/PA Wire Is it ever too early in the morning to listen to YMCA? Apparently not, writes Political correspondent Jack Horgan-Jones.By the dawn’s early light at Deerfield, the US ambassador’s residence in the Phoenix Park, the Village People’s signature tune belted out as they tested the PA system inside the large marquee set up to receive guests, and eventually, US president Donald Trump. It was half past six in the morning.Air Force One was inbound across the Atlantic as the invited guests began to troop in, bleary-eyed and flocking towards the embassy’s coffee and pastry table. The lawn at Deerfield was soon crowded with the great and good - plenty of past and present TDs and Senators (Fine Gael had a particularly good attendance), as well as high flyers from the corporate world, with Amazon, Meta, Google, Stripe and many more represented.Read the full article here.Katie Mellett - 13 minutes agoNigel Farage says people of Northern Ireland do not want unificationNorthern Ireland is a proud and integral part of the United Kingdom. The people of Northern Ireland neither want a referendum, nor unification. I disagree with President Trump.— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) September 12, 2026