Exclusive: Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin on Iran, Economic Relations, and America’s 250th Anniversary

The Bret Baier Podcast

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin sits down with Bret to discuss Ireland's past and present relationship with the United States. He explains the role Irish Americans once played in the founding of our nation as well as Ireland’s current role as a “bridge” between the U.S. and Europe. Prime Minister Martin also opens up about the Irish government’s attitude towards the Iran war, and his meeting with President Trump. This interview first aired on Monday, 3/17/26 on Special Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, we've got Simon on the line. Simon, young people, they're just all a bit, a bit lazy, aren't they?
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0:13.0	Some say young people are work shy, but at McDonald's, we hired 47,000 of them last year.
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0:20.0	Like George here, who keeps things running during a Friday rush.
0:25.1	Resilience, making it happen at McDonald's.
0:32.7	Fox News Podcasts presents the Bread Bear Podcasts with Fox News Chief Political anchor Brett Bear.
0:45.1	Today is very much an economic day in terms of the level of engagement I have and meetings in terms of the very, very strong and growing economic relationship
0:57.4	between the United States and Ireland and over 800 Irish companies now investing in the US,
1:05.2	creating over 200,000 jobs.
1:08.1	Big investments coming ahead of St. Patrick's Day.
1:13.4	Join me tonight ahead of the St. Patrick's Day meeting at the White House with President Trump is the Irish Prime Minister, the T-Shok Michael Martin.
1:18.4	Mr. Prime Minister, thanks for being here. Thank you very much indeed, Brett. You're mentioning
1:22.1	their economic investment. So you come not only with the traditional bowl of sham rocks, but also
1:26.9	some six6 billion?
1:29.3	Well, that's only this week. I mean, overall, you're looking at about $390 billion of investment ongoing over the years, increasing all of the time.
1:37.3	800 Irish companies now employing thousands of people, about 200,000 people across America, which illustrates the transformation
1:45.5	of the relationship between the US and Ireland. It's a two-way economic street. A lot of Irish
1:50.4	companies coming to establish in US, and so we bring a lot of added value in terms of the
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