Cónal Thomas: Micheál Martin dodges Oval Office landmines as Donald Trump rifles off Iran war grievances
Taoiseach donned Irish and European colours, while robustly defending Keir Starmer, at traditional St Patrick’s Day meeting
Taoiseach defends UK prime minister Keir Starmer as an "earnest, sound person" who helped "reset" the UK-Irish relationship Almost 40 minutes on the button, and just six of those were from the Taoiseach.Despite his best efforts to interject and direct the face-to-face in the Oval Office to the Irish media’s side of the room, this was Trump 101, with everything from Iran to China to windmills on the US president's hit list.
