A “major protest” against Donald Trump will prove that “Irish people don't go in for bootlicking”, People Before Profit has said. 

The President of the United States is due to visit Dublin next month, ahead of a planned trip to his golf course in County Clare. 

Mr Trump is also expected to turn the turf on the site of a new US Embassy in Ballsbridge, Dublin. 

Meetings with Taoiseach Micheál Martin and President Catherine Connolly are also likely to take place. 

On Newstalk Breakfast, People Before Profit’s Paul Murphy argued that just because the Government will roll out the red carpet for Mr Trump, it does not mean ordinary Irish people should welcome him. 

“He is hitting people in their pockets here,” he said. 

“He is personally responsible - by his attacks on Iran - for driving up fuel prices, the cost of living for people. 

“He obviously is responsible for the killing of thousands of people in Iran and has contributed to, supported, armed, funded the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

“I mean, this guy represents all that is bad in the world.” 

Taoiseach Micheál Martin with US President Donald Trump. Picture by: Tasos Katopodis / Government of Ireland.

The Dublin South West TD said he has discussed the organisation of a “major protest” with the Irish Neutrality League and expects feminist groups, environmentalists and other left-wing groups will also be involved. 

The aim, he added, is to “send a message” to Mr Trump that he has little support among the general public. 

“Ordinary Irish people don't go in for bootlicking Donald Trump,” he said. 

“And we're going to robustly oppose the series of horrendous policies that ordinary people pay the price for.”

Deputy Murphy conceded that many people are “demoralised” by the state of the world but added that they are still keen to protest. 

“I do think the actual presence of Trump himself, a man who embodies the most barbaric features of the current system, will enrage people, will drive people to come out to protest,” he said. 

“I think people can see there is a purpose to It's important that when Donald Trump's visit is reported in America, is reported around the world, he's not just reported as meeting various dignitaries and playing golf and meeting golfers and so on. 

“But it's shown that, ‘Oh, right, these Irish people are against Trump.’”

Main image: Micheál Martin and Donald Trump. Picture by: Daniel Torok/White House Photo/Alamy Live News