Queen Lands In Ireland

May 17, 2011 - PRLog -- The Queen has landed in the Irish Republic for the beginning of an historical state visit - regardless of the detection of 2 suspicious devices in Dublin early on today.

The monarch, wearing emerald green and also accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Baldonnel airfield at approximately midday.

The 1st device - an improvised explosive device - was initially located yesterday evening within the baggage compartment of a coach around the borders of Maynooth, close to Dublin.

Irish police  completed a controlled explosion to make it safe in the early hrs of this morning.

The 2nd, located at a tram stop in Inchicore, Dublin, has been made harmless by the Irish military, however ended up being later verified to be a hoax.

During the past twenty four hours, authorities in London also have destroyed an abandoned suitcase in a controlled explosion in Trafalgar  Sq ..


Section of the Mall in Greater london, that leads to Buckingham Palace, had been shut as authorities addressed the item.

The Foreign Office has stated the actual visit is going forward, regardless of the possible threat faced by the Queen.

The devices follow a coded threat released to Scotland Yard by republican dissidents yesterday - however Irish authorities have vowed it won't alter their particular security plans.

The phone threat included a recognised code phrase, yet failed to specify a time or location.


Superintendent John Gilligan stated: "Our system has been in place for several weeks.

"Officers from the UNITED KINGDOM will also be part of the plan that is certainly large enough to permit the trip to be performed within the correct manner. "

A £26m security procedure has been launched in Dublin in front of the Queen's planned arrival today.

Authorities are patrolling the streets, car parking is forbidden in a great many locations and large swathes of the city are now being sealed off.


A ex- Irish intelligence officer warned the actual Queen's visit was basically the "last chance saloon" for a movement that most likely has no foreseeable future.

"The dissidents realize that this really is really their last chance saloon, because we're possibly in the death throes of militant republicanism, " Decklan Power told Sky News.

"They're becoming increasingly unimportant to their cultural heartland in the fringe areas in the north and one or two areas in the southern area.

"That's the reason why it's also one of the most dangerous times. "


When the Queen, joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, arrives in Dublin she'll become the 1st English monarch to journey to the Republic in a century as well as the 1st since the nation acquired independence from The united kingdom.

In excess of 8, 500 Irish law enforcement officials have already been mobilised to make sure its success - the largest security procedure in the history of the state.

Soon after being made welcome by President Mary McAleese, the Queen probably will make one of the most delicate stops on her visit at the Garden of Remembrance.

She is going to lay down a wreath for many who battled for Irish independence which include those that past away in the 1916 Easter Rising.


A single officer stated: "There are definitely components out there who would like to disturb this visit. We just have keep a lid on things. "

Just about all areas of the monarch's visit have already been inspected by security authorities, which includes Mrs McAleese's presidential residence in Phoenix Park.
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