Five things we learned from the Taoiseach's Oval Office meeting

The Oval Office meeting was dominated by international affairs

One person whom the Taoiseach did step in to defend was UK prime minister Keir Starmer, with whom president Trump has become increasingly frustrated in recent weeks. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and US President Donald Trump came face to face in the White House for the second year in a row today for the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations.

While it was a less nervy affair than last year, with discussions on tariffs featuring far less and the bombardment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now a distant memory, this year’s meeting posed a new set of challenges.