Trump: Orange is the new Green
Sep 16, 2026 · 34 min · 8 segments
Mark Carruthers discusses the recent comments on Irish unity by US President Donald Trump with David Young, Ben Lowry and Diarmaid Ferriter.
Sep 16, 2026 · 34 min · 8 segments
Mark Carruthers discusses the recent comments on Irish unity by US President Donald Trump with David Young, Ben Lowry and Diarmaid Ferriter.
Diarmaid FerriterGuest
Mark CarruthersHost
David YoungGuest
Ben LowryGuest
Was Dublin and Doonbeg just a dream or possibly a nightmare for some people? Does what Donald Trump had to say about Irish unity really matter? Did his comments move the dial at all on that conversation, or was it just a 72-hour wonder? I'm Mark Carruthers.
That's what we're discussing in this edition of Red Lines, and I'm pleased to say the man who asked the question that prompted the answer that made its way around the globe and back is with us today, David Young, head of the Press Association in Scotland and Ireland.
Also with us, Diarmuid Ferriter, professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, and a regular columnist for The Irish Times, and Ben Laury, former editor of The Newsletter.
Have to start with you, David Young, because your question prompted the answer we've all been talking about.
First of all, did you have any idea what you were about to unleash when you put your hand up in that first press conference in Dublin last Saturday?
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Was Dublin and Doonbeg just a dream or possibly a nightmare for some people? Does what Donald Trump had to say about Irish unity really matter? Did his comments move the dial at all on that conversation, or was it just a 72-hour wonder? I'm Mark Carruthers.
That's what we're discussing in this edition of Red Lines, and I'm pleased to say the man who asked the question that prompted the answer that made its way around the globe and back is with us today, David Young, head of the Press Association in Scotland and Ireland.
Also with us, Diarmuid Ferriter, professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, and a regular columnist for The Irish Times, and Ben Laury, former editor of The Newsletter.
Have to start with you, David Young, because your question prompted the answer we've all been talking about.
First of all, did you have any idea what you were about to unleash when you put your hand up in that first press conference in Dublin last Saturday?