US could play role in united Ireland push after Trump's backing, Irish PM says
NEW YORK — Nearly three decades after the Good Friday Agreement transformed Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the United States could potentially play a role in a future push for a united Ireland following President Donald Trump's backing for reunification.Martin, whose Fianna Fáil party supports Irish unity, said the landmark 1998 agreement – which largely ended 30 years of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland known as "the Troubles" – created a peaceful mechanism for deciding Northern Ireland's constitutional future, but cautioned that the deep divide between Northern Ireland's nationalist and unionist communities must first be bridged."I believe in unity and my party believes in unity, but we have to work on it," Martin told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview."We have to build reconciliation amongst the different traditions on the island of Ireland.""The U.S.
were critical to the success of peace and conflict resolution in Ireland," Martin added.IRISH PM REJECTS ANTISEMITISM CONCERNS IN IRELAND AMID DRAMATIC VOTE OVER BOYCOTTING ISRAEL GAMEPresident Donald Trump listens as Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin speaks during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2026.Martin later told Fox News Digital last month that the United States could potentially play a role in a future push for a united Ireland.
(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)Martin spoke to Fox News Digital during the U.N.General Assembly in New York at what he described as a global "crossroad," with war raging in Ukraine, conflict across the Middle East and negotiations underway over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.Throughout the interview, he repeatedly returned to Ireland's own experience of conflict and peace as a guide to how the country approaches crises abroad, while defending the country's longstanding policy of military neutrality despite its growing support for Ukraine.The constitutional question of...