Preparations were underway and security increased on Tuesday at Trump International Golf Links and Hotel just outside the town of Doonbeg in Co Clare, although staff remained tight-lipped about the proposed visit. He last visited the 400-acre resort, which he bought in 2014, while president in 2019. Former US president Donald Trump playing golf at Turnberry (Jane Barlow/PA)Mr Trump, accompanied by his son Eric, has spent the last two days in Scotland, breaking ground on a new golf course at his Menie Estate near Aberdeen before playing a round at his Turnberry resort in South Ayrshire. An American flag in the village of Doonbeg, Co. Clare ahead of former US president Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland (Niall Carson/PA)The trip is Mr Trump’s first abroad since he became the first former US president to face criminal charges. The visit coincides with the second week of a civil trial in Manhattan over accusations, denied by Mr Trump, he raped former magazine columnist E Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in 1996.

Source: The Herald May 03, 2023 04:29 UTC