'Say nope to the dope' - Trump's visit to Ireland has been met with resistance by thousands of Irish people
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'Say nope to the dope' - Trump's visit to Ireland has been met with resistance by thousands of Irish people

Protests of the POTUS visiting Ireland have been organised in less than 24 hours since his pending visit has been announced.

News of President Trump making his way to the Emerald Isle was announced on August 31, in a statement by the White House.

Donald Trump is due to visit Ireland in November, to "renew the deep and historic ties" between Ireland and America.

Before he visits Ireland, the President will visit Paris to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the first World War.

Since the announcement in the early hours of yesterday evening, there has been outcry on social media.

News of the visit appears to have been ill received, with hashtag #TrumpinIreland trending on Twitter full of people disgusted at the news.

Political parties such as Labour and the Social Democrats have urged people to show opposition to the American leader.

A protest has already been set up on Facebook, by Eamon Ryan of the Green Party.

The event, due to take place on November 10 in Dublin's College Green, has claimed: "Donald Trump's administration champions policies that are destroying our planet, destabilising international order, and reaching new political depths by appealing to racism, misogyny, xenophobia and hatred...

"These policies do not reflect Irish people's values - we need to show him and the world that this is not normal. Decency, integrity and fact-based politics still exist and are worth defending."

"We're calling on Irish people to tell our Government to cancel this visit; and for them to demonstrate in never-before-seen numbers should they fail to do so," they added.

At time of writing, the Facebook event has over 4,000 attending and more than 18,000 interested in protesting against his visit.