Trump visits Dublin, Ireland to meet with officials, watch Irish Open at his golf course

Updated on: September 12, 2026 / 7:01 AM EDT / CBS/AP

President Trump arrived Saturday in Dublin, Ireland where he'll hold talks with the country's president and prime minister, kicking off a weekend visit.

The president is set for separate meetings in Dublin with Irish President Catherine Connolly and Prime Minister Micheál Martin. Mr. Trump also plans remarks to U.S. and Irish business leaders at the U.S. ambassador's official residence in Dublin before traveling to his oceanfront golf club in Doonbeg, on the other side of the country, to watch the Irish Open.

Police put up a cordon around Dublin's 1,750-acre Phoenix Park, where he'll meet Martin, the taoiseach, at the government's Farmleigh state guesthouse, say hello to the president at her residence, Áras an Uachtaráin, and stop by Deerfield, the U.S. ambassador's residence.

Some residents expressed annoyance over the disruption.

"He's causing mayhem in this city because he wants to go down to Doonbeg and play golf," said taxi driver Christopher Fox, emphatically not a fan of the president. "The world's in turmoil and this fella's down playing golf."

University student Mina Petrovski said Mr. Trump's "attitudes towards women, towards immigrants, towards minority communities in general are abhorrent." She…

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