State Department approved $28k spend for Secret Service activity coinciding with visit by Trump’s son

Timothy L O’Brien asks why Donald Trump — via one of his top advisers — is so close to a violent fraudster with mob connections who has tried to influence US foreign policy.   

Executives from Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar organisation fly into Shannon this morning to eye up their latest golf investment at Doonbeg, Co Clare, admitting they’ve landed a “spectacular gem” for around $15m (€11m).

Seldom has overseas investment in an indigenous gem been met with such a collective frisson of excitement as with the confirmation yesterday that Donald Trump had waved his oversized chequebook in the direction of Doonbeg, Co Clare.

By Tony Leen