Dublin lawyer appointed to advise Trump

Ms Slater, a graduate of UCD Sutherland School of Law, is taking up the role of adviser to the US president on technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity, The Irish Times reports.

She is a dual Irish-US citizen, orignially from Dalkey in south Co Dublin, and is believed to be Trump’s only Irish-born staffer.

She has years of experience working on legal and regulatory issues involving the technology sector and previously worked as general counsel at the Internet Association, a tech trade association.