The Government is to consider its strategy for St Patrick’s Day amid a tumultuous time in global politics. Those calls have been amplified in the wake of the US’s rescinded threat to take over Greenland and Mr Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown in the city of Minneapolis and elsewhere in the US. Foreign Affairs minister Helen McEntee is to brief Cabinet on Tuesday on this year’s plans for St Patrick’s Day. The St Patrick’s Day trip will pose a tricky diplomatic balancing act for Taoiseach Micheál Martin, who will meet Mr Trump amid tensions with the EU over Greenland and after the vast majority of European leaders snubbed Mr Trump’s so-called Board of Peace. St Patrick’s Day is also the date that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is next due to appear before a US court.

Source: Irish Examiner January 27, 2026 09:49 UTC