White House confirms President Trump will visit Ireland in November

It was announced this evening.

President Trump will visit the Ireland this November, the White House has confirmed. RTÉ correspondent confirmed: "A couple of statements made in quick successions and I can bring you a couple of points from that statement. "He will travel to Paris first to be apart of that commemoration to remember World War 1. "Then towards the bottom of that statement, one would almost miss it, it says that: he then, while in Europe, will visit Ireland to renew the deep and historic ties between the two nations."

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While a government spokesman said: "The Taoiseach understands that President Trump will stop in Ireland for a brief visit on his way to or from the Armistice commemorations in Paris.

“It will be an opportunity to follow up on the issues discussed in the White House in March including migration, trade, climate change and human rights issues,” he said.

The last time Donald Trump visited Ireland was in 2014 when he met Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and other local officials at Shannon Airport as he exited his jet.