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04th Jul 2017

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in Ireland, but everyone is distracted by something else

Alan Loughnane

A lot of love…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Dublin on Monday evening ahead of a short official visit which will see him meeting President Michael D. Higgins and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Tuesday.

Trudeau will take part in a series of meetings on Tuesday and will attend a reception in Dublin Castle in the evening.

He arrived in the capital on Monday accompanied by his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau and their young son Hadrien.

The family were greeted at the airport by Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers.

The visit comes ahead of a G20 summit in Germany, where a proposed trade deal between Canada, the EU and the UK will be on the agenda.

The deal has been greeted with opposition in some quarters but has already been approved by the European Parliament, and if it receives the go ahead of the parliaments of the member states.

There’s no doubting that Justin Trudeau is a much loved figure among young people in many parts of the world, including Ireland, following his meeting with US President Donald Trump.

But, it seems that Trudeau isn’t the star of the trip to Ireland so far, but rather his son Hadrien.

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