Taoiseach donned Irish and European colours, while robustly defending Keir Starmer, at traditional St Patrick’s Day meetingAlmost 40 minutes on the button, and just six of those were from the Taoiseach. Despite his best efforts to interject and direct the face-to-face in the Oval Office to the Irish media’s side of the room, this was Trump 101, with everything from Iran to China to windmills on the US president's hit list.

Source: Irish Independent March 17, 2026 23:11 UTC