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FORMER US PRESIDENT Donald Trump looks set to visit his family’s west Clare golf resort late next month.
Trump last visited his property in Doonbeg during an official visit to Ireland as US President in 2019.
Before that, Trump travelled to Clare on several occasions in a private capacity. His last private trip was in June 2015 when he also stayed at the Trump property in Doonbeg.
It had been reported that Trump wanted to travel to Ireland in January of last year ahead of the inauguration of his successor President Joe Biden. At the time however, the world was in the midst of a global pandemic and travel to Ireland was only allowed for “essential” purposes.
News of the impending visit was first reporting this morning by the Irish Daily Mirror.
It’s expected Trump will arrive in Ireland on 27 August and stay at his Doonbeg hotel for two nights when security is expected to be tight.
Former US presidents receive Secret Service protection after they leave office unless they decline the privilege. It’s expected that Trump will travel with a secret service security detail.
Additional security arrangements are expected to be put in place in Ireland with members of An Garda Síochána’s National Crime and Security Intelligence Service and Emergency Response Unit likely to be deployed.
While there will most likely be some security measures around the hotel and golf course, it’s not expected there will any road closures or major disruption to traffic.
Trump is currently under the spotlight for his actions during the insurrection at the Capitol building in Washington on 6 January 2021. Trump has been accused of “supreme dereliction of duty” and of inciting those riots.
The one-term US president failed to be re-elected in November 2020 and was defeated by the current President Joe Biden. Trump has repeatedly suggested that he may seek to again for the office again in 2024 but has not yet confirmed his intentions.
In the past week, Trump has provoked further controversy in the US as a one of his golf courses in New Jersey is playing host to a professional golf tournament that is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
- With reporting by Rónán Duffy
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Why is this news .. he owns the bloody thing so why shouldn’t he visit his property ..
@Darren Bulman: don’t come
Is there any chance we can build a wall to keep this orange Bùfføøn out ?
I just love visiting Ireland , it’s a great country , really really great , lots of cows , have you seen how many cows , I love them, and they love me , it’s great , what can I say.
@Ríain HenC: I hope you tried the superb worldbeating cheeses from our freerange, grassfed, contented glossy cattle.
(Mind where you’re walking, there.)
I wonder will his two gormless progeny be down placating the locals with pints again.
@A$AP Ragnick: The didn’t pay the last time,walked out,so i doubt if they will catch the cute Clare hoors twice…
@Gerry campbell: lol. Classic trumps.
Please, please don’t embarrass us by bringing out the Irish dancers to greet him in Shannon.
@Teresa O’Donnell Joyce: Please don’t embarass us by bringing out ANYONE to greet him ….
WELLCOME TO CLARE MR TRUMP
Great for the people he gives employment to and the overall businesses that do great due to PDT, you are welcome to my country.
The bozo may be in jail we hope
Good man Donald.
Why should our Police and intel services protect this tabloid, womaniser, all-round self serving, insurrectionist, covetous, tax avoiding and NRA promoter etc. No, I do not like him.
I was never more embarrassed to be Irish when I saw that welcome he was given.
Who remembers those black, hard, solid rubber “superballs” they had as children?
Throw them forcefully on the pavement and they bounce four or five metres.
If the Shannon Airport Authority are quick, they should be able to lay a thick layer of that rubber on the runway so when Trumpjet arrives, it will bounce back into the sky on its landing attempt.
Shannon Air Traffic Control: “Leaving so soon? No-one likes a tease. (Can we charge them a landing fee for that carry-on? What do the regulations say about a bouncer?)”
Not welcome
Soon to be potus again
Who cares? As an ex-president, the man will be afforded Secret Service protection, at the US taxpayers expense for the rest of his life.
@Ronan Raftery: I wonder if he does end up during jail time will he have secret service protection then.
Could be interesting times in the shower block
@Ronan Raftery: which will hopefully not be that long.
@Mark Fitton: I would rather some of the corrupt politicians and their parasitic cronies that destroyed the country with their greed put in jail
@Mark Fitton: not sure if even the hard man lifers would be that desperate?
Not welcome!
Hope he is going to pay all associated costs himself with his visit
And not the taxpayer
Get the red carpet and small potatoes out.
Typical Irish welcome.
@Madra: sure why not ? Decent investment in a economically Barron region..
@Madra: Bring him into the good room. Just hoover the carpet first.
@Ciaran: a Barron region? Did his youngest son purchase the Banner County?
Any chance his visa can be terminated?
Dump probably thinks that if he’s not in the US when he’s indicted for treason and sedition, that they won’t be able to charge him with it.
Best thing to do is to ignore him. Nothing he likes more than getting attention
I hope he gets a hole in one, and then a hole in the other.
Looking to defect I imagine
Golfgate revisited.
Why are great people not running for president anymore? people who are actually qualified and people who are under 60?
God help us all
Hopefully he’ll be in prison soon and he’s plans will be permanently cancelled…
God help us all
If he plays golf I wonder if he can count past 5?
Doonbeg sounds like a hellhole, they’d welcome Putin himself if he threw a few rubles their way. No principles whatsover over there.
Hope he stays in the west…
I hope it rains!
Trump won,,
Pele
It would be awful if he got food poisoning in Clare.
Savagely debilitating projectile diarrhoea. Jackson Pollock streaks on the walls in toxic earthen tones.
Nasty. Open the windows.
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