Donald Trump tells Taoiseach he will try to visit Ireland later this year

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin during a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

US President Donald Trump will "try" to visit Ireland later this year, the US President has told Micheál Martin.

Speaking in the Oval Office as the Taoiseach visited the White House on Tuesday for St Patrick's Day, Mr Trump said that his Doonbeg hotel in Clare was one of the "best golf complexes in the world" and that the Irish Open was a "major event".