All roads lead to ruin – Taoiseach Micheál Martin faces impossible task in White House visit with volatile Donald Trump amid Iran tension

All roads lead to ruin – Taoiseach Micheál Martin faces impossible task in White House visit with volatile Donald Trump amid Iran tension

Once more unto the breach. If Micheál ­Martin’s Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump last St Patrick’s Day was a nervy encounter, then this year the stakes are even higher.

Leo Varadkar offers advice to Micheal Martin ahead of St Patrick's Day White House visit

Leo Varadkar has offered his advice to the Taoiseach Micheál Martin, ahead of his visit to the White House for St Patrick’s Day. Mr Martin will be visiting Donald Trump for the traditional presentation of a bowl of shamrocks during St Patrick’s Day on March 17, at a time when US domestic and foreign policy is under increasingly intense scrutiny. Internationally, the US and Israeli bombardment of Iran has seen criticism both in the US and abroad,…

More pressure around Micheál Martin’s visit to Trump’s White House

The conflict in Iran and across the Middle East has added even more pressure to Micheál Martin’s trip to the White House for St Patrick’s Day in just over a week’s time. Tabitha Monahan and Cónal Thomas discuss the situation on the latest episode of Indo Politics. Credit to : Irish Independent