Martin aiming to secure Ireland’s economic ties with the US in Trump meeting

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has insisted his priority in this week’s meeting with Donald Trump at the White House is to “copper fasten” Ireland’s economic relationship with the US.

Amid concerns that the US president’s protectionist approach to tariffs and tax could pose a significant risk to an Irish economy that is in large part sustained by long-standing investment by US multinationals, the Taoiseach stressed he will be emphasising the two-way nature of the transatlantic relationship.

Mr Martin will hold talks with Mr Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday, but he began his traditional St Patrick’s programme of engagements in the US with a visit to Austin, Texas – a state the Taoiseach said had witnessed a “new wave of Irish investment” with 120 Irish companies creating about 4,000 jobs.

The Fianna Fáil leader said he wanted to use the trip to highlight the “enduring nature” of the US-Irish…

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