Trump due to meet Catherine Connolly during Irish visit

US President Donald Trump Picture: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

US President Donald Trump is due to meet with President Catherine Connolly when he visits Ireland next week.

Mr Trump is due to arrive in Ireland next Saturday, 12 September, with the US President expected to meet with senior Government figures while also paying a courtesy call to Ms Connolly in Áras an Uachtárain.

When Mr Trump arrives in Dublin, he will be greeted on the runway by a senior member of Government, with expectations that this will be Tánaiste Simon Harris.

Sources have said the visit of Mr Trump to Dublin would be focused within Phoenix Park, with expectations that he will hold a bilateral meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House.

It is understood the two leaders are likely to deliver a statement after their meeting.

Following both a courtesy call to Áras an Uachtárain and his visit to Farmleigh, Mr Trump is then expected to visit Deerfield Residence, the official home of US Ambassador to Ireland Ed Walsh.

Following his engagements in Phoenix Park, Mr Trump is expected to return to Dublin Airport and fly to Shannon Airport, where he will attend his Doonbeg golf course in Clare for the Irish Open.

One Government source said preparations for the visit have gone into “overdrive”.

Protests have been scheduled to take place in Dublin and Clare in opposition to Mr Trump’s visit to Ireland.