What to know

• US President Donald Trump said he would like to see Ireland “unified,” a remark that puts him at odds with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham who recently said the issue is off the table.S1
• “It’s going to happen eventually”, the US president said when asked for his thought on a united Ireland during a meeting with the Taoiseach in DublinS2
• Donald Trump says a united Ireland would be ‘a fantastic thing’S3
• Mr Trump told reporters in Dublin a united Ireland is ‘going to happen eventually, it may as well happen now’.S4S6
• "It's going to happen eventually", the U.S. president said in Dublin during a golf-focused trip to the long-divided island.S5
• ‘Now ‌the UK will ​have something ‌to say ⁠about it ... but ⁠I think it would be ‌a ​great thing’S7
• US President Donald Trump made the controversial comments shortly after arriving in Ireland for a two-day visitS8