On Mary McAleese's final overseas visit as President of Ireland, she met Suleiman at the Presidential Palace in Baabda."McAleese to meet Irish troops in Lebanon on final official trip", The Journal 15 October 2011."President revisits Lebanon on her final foreign trip in office", The Irish Times, 15 October 2011."Mary McAleese concludes final overseas tour", RTÉ News, 16 October 2011."Last official trip abroad for Mary McAleese", Irish Examiner, 11 October 2011. His presidency term came to its conclusion on 25 May 2014 amid no internal or foreign consensus on who would be elected as the next president of the Lebanese Republic. Lebanon remained without a president until Michel Aoun was elected on 31 October 2016.
