Daniel Mulhall

I, I want to, before we b- bring this to a head, I, the, I'm gonna, I'm gonna become, make one of those, uh, stupid hostage to fortune, 'cause you mentioned Jim O'Callaghan and what he's been saying, what he's been doing all around immigration, making things more difficult, um, saying things that literally are upsetting, you know, the law library, people who are saying like, "You can't, these, this is just, this isn't even actually legally possible." And it's a warning for the left, because I, I saw it, um, and I'm con- I'm continuously banging this drum.

Dan Mulhall, the, uh, former ambassador who's on RTE more often than, than bloody, uh, Brendan O'Connor is these days, uh, was talking about saying how the so- Social Democrats would be a great partner to the current government n- after the next election And what's happening there is that the Social Democrats are gonna be told, uh, do you know what? You guys, you need to go in because you need to take the hard edges off someone like Jim O'Callaghan.

You need to stand against that kind of thing, and, and, uh, you, you, you'll be the, the, the, the sane voice in the room that gives, gives that, you know, has some empathy and has that.

Well, no, actually, what you'll be is the mud guard.

That follows a 3-0 win for Heimer Halgrimson's side.

We're joined by David Snide, a football journalist at The42.ie, and by the former ambassador of Ireland to the US, Dan Mulhall.

David, to you first, the criticism that came from Paul Cook of the media.

He felt there was a lack of balance in the coverage over the last couple of days.

Yeah, no doubt, no doubt.

Look, we really appreciate you talking to us and thank you indeed for taking the call.

David Snyder, football journalist with the 42.ie. Let's bring in Dan Mulhall, former ambassador of Ireland to the US.

What's your take on it all, Dan?

I think that's more interesting.

You know, Dan Mulhall talks about the strategies being...

A former diplomat.

Yes, calling him, you know, the strategies being used, you know, that many other people have is, call him daddy, give him a jet.

Well,

that's it.

Yeah, well, Dan Mulhall has personal experience of this.

Of course, he was the Irish ambassador to the U.S. from 2017 to 2022.

It is.

I, I spoke to, actually, Dan Mulhall, the former, uh, ambassador about this at the weekend, and he kind of said to me, "You know, I d- did never recall this.

This is hugely significant." But he did make the point, the ...

I think there's two different views on this.

whiskey? On behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off.

With us now is former Irish ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom, Dan Mulhall.

Good morning.

Good morning to you, Keir.

And I suspect there was a lot of lobbying went on.

And eventually that lobbying went paid off when Donald Trump made this impromptu announcement when he was giving the Irish Open Prize to Shane Lowry.

Well, Dan Mulhall, former Irish ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom, thanks for joining us this morning.

It's militarily neutral, and it's because of that it has been able to avoid some of the tensions that Trump has had with NATO allies over burden-sharing and support for the US.

Daniel Mulhall, who served as Ireland's ambassador to the US during Trump's first administration, told me that the military neutrality gives Ireland a different angle to deal with Trump than much of the rest of Europe.

NPR's Franco Ordoñez traveling with the president.

Trump's now on the West Coast to watch the Irish Open at his golf course.