Donald Trump appeared to flirt with an Irish reporter during a call with Leo Varadkar, the new Taoiseach, on Tuesday.

As the US president and Irish premier discussed issues such as migration and Britain's exit from the European Union, Mr Trump broke off to compliment a reporter's "nice smile".

"Well, we have a lot of your Irish press watching us," Mr Trump says. “And where are you from?" he then asks Caitriona Perry, Washington correspondent for RTE.