Enda Kenny to ignore calls to cancel trip to Donald Trump

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to ignore calls to forgo the annual St Patrick’s Day visit to Washington DC following a weekend in which politicians around the globe denounced the actions of US president Donald Trump.

Mr Trump’s executive order calling for a suspension on accepting refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries into the US has led to pressure on Mr Kenny from a number of opposition politicians.

Transport Minister Shane Ross and the Independent Alliance will raise the issue of the immigration ban at Cabinet this week, with an Alliance source describing the developments as “very serious”.