Even if the order of colours on his St Patrick’s Day sash jarred with some (was this the Ivorian or Irish national day?), New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and his team clearly did their homework before speaking to an Irish audience this week. In a break from the traditional pleasantries about construction workers and green … Read more
It’s a star-spangled special today with events across the ocean relegating the Dáil’s dull two-day sitting to a minor role. This week, we watched anxiously from behind the National Sofa as Taoiseach Micheál Martin arrived at the White House for his much anticipated St Patrick’s Day appointment with president Donald Trump and the Oval Office … Read more
The severe weather warning running on local TV channels in the Washington area was upgraded on Monday to a tornado warning. As Micheál Martin flitted from one engagement to another on his traditional St Patrick’s Day visit to the US, whisked across the city in a welter of sirens and flashing lights, the US capital … Read more
The men dressed in kilts danced as they paraded down the main road on Tuesday. Everyone donned green, from babies in strollers to pensioners watching from their porches. Shamrocks were everywhere, from the street decorations to the passport stamp. This was not a local parade in an Irish town, but on the tiny Caribbean island … Read more
Micheál Martin’s “pained smile”, his gentle pushback and the irony of the UK “having to rely on the Irish for a good word” all featured in international coverage of the Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day meeting with Donald Trump. The New York Times, in its coverage of the Oval Office meeting, said Martin “walked a fine … Read more
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It comes amid reports Conor McGregor is in Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day celebrations Conor McGregor(Image: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) Conor McGregor has been told he “represents the very worst of Irish society” by Tánaiste Simon Harris. Mr Harris was speaking amid reports that the MMA fighter was in Washington DC for St … Read more
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 … Read more
Ireland excels at a lot of things. Literature. Preachy rock stars. Potato-based snacks. But in television we have long punched below our weight: compare and contrast our history of underachievement on the small screen with the ambitious, cutting-edge TV produced by nations of a similar size, from Borgen (Denmark) to Wellington Paranormal (New Zealand). Still, … Read more
Donald Trump’s day was supposed to be pretty lighthearted. He was hosting an event where Taoiseach Micheal Martin presented Trump with a bowl of shamrocks to mark St Patrick’s Day. That didn’t last long. Mikey Smith Deputy Political Editor 20:50, 17 Mar 2026Updated 20:56, 17 Mar 2026 Donald Trump welcomed Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin … Read more