Overview
- The Taoiseach is holding an Oval Office meeting after a breakfast with Vice President J.D. Vance, before attending the Friends of Ireland luncheon and the evening shamrock presentation.
- He is emphasizing two‑way economic ties, highlighting Enterprise Ireland’s roughly $6.1 billion U.S. investment pledge and Ireland’s status as the fifth‑largest source of FDI into the United States.
- Micheál Martin has urged de‑escalation in Iran and noted the campaign lacks a UN mandate, but he has not described the strikes as illegal under international law.
- President Catherine Connolly has called the Middle East campaign a “deliberate assault on international law,” a position the government has kept at arm’s length as it manages foreign policy.
- Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill are among those boycotting White House events, as the Trump administration seeks wider support for securing the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict.