Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Elizabeth II, first king Brits who travel to independent Ireland

When George V visited Ireland in 1911 was dismissed by thanking the "warm welcome" he had waived the Irish and promised to return soon. Never did. Neither he nor any other British monarch since. To date, one hundred years later, when Elizabeth II put your feet at noon at the Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel, and moved from there directly to the welcome reception that will feature in his official residence of Irish President Mary McAleese.

No masses or baths in this tour or any of those made in their four-day state trip to the Republic of Ireland. Although their presence in the country reveals the extent to which relations have improved between the British and Irish, the fear of a dissident republican attack has forced the police to avoid contact with the population Isabel II.

It is the largest security operation in the history of the Republic, with 4,000 police on the street and a cost of 30 million. And began the weekend with the arrest of several dissident republicans in both the Republic and Northern Ireland. Yesterday, several streets in central London were cut early in the morning to give credibility police received a bomb threat to an encrypted code and attributed to dissident republicans.

The lack of human warmth one iota not lower the political importance of the journey of Isabel II. "It's a phenomenal demonstration of the success of the peace process and the best time to hold on Irish soil to Her Majesty the Queen, the head of state of our neighbors next door, the people with whom we are building our future .

A future very, very different from the past, several different aspects of the past. I hope that this visit will send the message that we are ready, the two sides, to make the future a lot better, "said the president of Ireland a program on the visit of Elizabeth II to be aired tonight, a few hours of their arrival, the Irish public broadcaster RTÉ.

Sinn Féin Republicans do not share that enthusiasm. "Sinn Féin is in favor of a new relationship. I hope that this visit will lay the foundations of that relationship, but that will depend largely on what follows the British monarch," said its leader, Gerry Adams. Adams recalled the suffering of many Irish under British rule.

"That's why we are opposed to this visit and believe it is premature and insensitive," he says. But he acknowledged that "Irish republicans have also done much harm to the British people and that is something I regret." Elizabeth II today to honor those who died for Irish freedom. Morning to visit Croke Park, scene of the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1920, which killed 14 Irish civilians, 14 British soldiers and three militants Republicans.

On Thursday, visit the National Stud in Kildare and Friday will travel to Cork, the second largest town.

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