Taoiseach Micheál Martin presented US President Donald Trump with a custom golf tee and marker set at a cost of nearly €735 during his visit to Washington for St Patrick’s Day last year. The luxury item, which came in a personalised wooden box, was one of around 140 gifts worth a total of €5,709 given out by the Taoiseach during 2025, internal records have revealed. The Ukrainian leader got another bottle of whiskey from the Taoiseach when they met again last December. On that occasion, it was a bottle of 12-year-old Redbreast costing €64, along with a boxed set of Galway Crystal whiskey glasses worth €45. Details of the gifts were released by the Department of the Taoiseach under the Freedom of Information Act.

Source: Irish Examiner February 15, 2026 12:49 UTC