Donald Trump has announced that his ambassador to Ireland will be head of a New Jersey based construction firm Edward Walsh.

Donald Trump has nominated Edward Walsh as the United States ambassador to Ireland. Mr Walsh is president of the Walsh Company, a construction company based in the state of New Jersey.

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Edward Walsh, the head of a nationwide construction and real estate company to be his ambassador to Ireland.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Edward S. Walsh, a Bedminster resident and the head of a national construction and real estate firm, as the new

Trump named Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence, as an envoy for special missions and Edward S. Walsh as his pick to serve as ambassador to Ireland.

Donald Trump nominated Edward Sharp Walsh and Bill White as ambassadors to Ireland and Belgium, respectively. Trump praised Walsh's philanthropy and business acumen, highlighting his golfing skills as an asset.