Clare’s Minister of State says Ireland has a duty to accept Donald Trump’s visit to Clare.
It comes as plans are in place to protest the US President’s expected arrival to the county next month for the latter stages of the Irish Open.
The Amgen Irish Open, hosted this year at Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, will take place next month from September 9th to 13th.
It’s been reported that Donald Trump will visit his Doonbeg estate on September 12th, in time for the closing stages of the competition.
From there, it’s purported he will travel to Dublin for a meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin before turning the sod on the new US embassy building in the capital.
It’s understood Gardai are in the advanced stages of organising a major security operation in Doonbeg.
Tulla Fianna Fáil Minister of State, Timmy Dooley, says the visit is going to cause disruption to the people of West Clare, but that it’s our obligation to provide adequate security arrangements.
The Clare-based Chair of the Ireland Palestine Alliance claims a visit from the US President was inevitable and that it would have taken ‘enormous courage’ for the Government to refuse a visit from Donald Trump.
The People of Clare Against Genocide has announced a peaceful picnic at Doughmore Beach along with a protest at Shannon Airport, while People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has said plans are also in place for a large scale protest in Dublin.
Sadaka chairperson, Eamon Meehan, says despite Trump’s arrival not being designated an official state visit, the US President will use it for political gain.
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