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Covering Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” was a wiser selection; its lyrics don’t include the potentially regrettable lines “Make 'em go, ‘Oh, oh, oh’/ As you shoot across the sky.”

"I sincerely apologise for causing confusion and worries to the people over the past four months, and for having to face this regrettable situation of a presidential vacancy," Han said.

"I feel regrettable that this completely is a political decision," he said.

Irish trade minister Simon Harris said he was ready to negotiate with the US, calling it the "best way forward", while Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Trump's decision was "deeply regrettable" and benefitted "no-one".

It was "regrettable" the council had to take this step, Mr Cotton said.