Queen Elizabeth II begins Tuesday, May 17, a historic visit to Ireland under surveillance, the first movement of a British monarch since independence in 1922 was troubled by the threat from dissident republicans. An explosive device "in working order" was defused Monday night in a bus at Maynooth, near Dublin, said Tuesday morning the Irish police, adding that the alert had followed an "anonymous call".
The bomb was neutralized by the army, she said, adding that a second call was made on Tuesday morning but it was this one of a "hoax". Maynooth is located in County Kildare, where the Queen is scheduled to visit Thursday to visit the National Stud. The bomb was in the baggage compartment of the bus where he was found at about 23 hours (midnight, Paris time) before being neutralized shortly before 2 o'clock.
The move is welcomed by 81% in Ireland, according to a recent survey, but dissident republicans oppposés the peace process in Northern Ireland have declared their opposition, requiring the establishment of a safety device on unprecedented scale Island. The police are on the warpath in both London and Dublin and Belfast.
No fewer than 10 000 police and troops deployed in Ireland for a visit and several people were arrested in recent days, suspected of belonging to the dissident republican movement. On Monday, a bomb threat from dissident Irish republicans had caused a commotion of battle police in London.
The "Mall" that leads to Buckingham Palace was closed for several hours after an alert, which proved unfounded. The fear of an assassination of a dissident group was reinforced by threats brandished late April by a masked man at a rally in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. "The queen is not welcome," he had launched, accusing him of being guilty of "war crimes" and called to speak for the Real IRA who is credited with the recent proliferation of attacks in Ulster, whose death in a suicide car bombing of a Catholic policeman in early April.
Dissidents republicans are opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland despite the peace agreements of 1998. They split from the IRA (Irish Republican Army, Catholic separatist) who has renounced weapons in 2005 and joined the peace process. The tumultuous relationship between Irish and British have largely subsided since the peace accords of 1998 and the first visit by a British monarch since 1911 figure is a gesture of reconciliation.
But resentment still against the former colonial power. At the time of the independence of Ireland, London has retained in her lap the province of Northern Ireland, mostly Protestant. Sinn Féin, often accused of links with the IRA, found the visit "premature," before acknowledging that it represented a "unique opportunity" to establish "a new relationship based on equality and mutual respect" , joining the majority sentiment.
The queen is expected to land in Ireland by midday. Elizabeth II on his arrival shall file a wreath at the "Garden of Remembrance (Memorial Garden), erected in honor of victims of the war of independence," a powerful symbol of reconciliation, "the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs . She must decide Wednesday night a highly anticipated speech, joined for the occasion by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, the head of British diplomacy, William Hague.
The movement will end Friday. 
The bomb was neutralized by the army, she said, adding that a second call was made on Tuesday morning but it was this one of a "hoax". Maynooth is located in County Kildare, where the Queen is scheduled to visit Thursday to visit the National Stud. The bomb was in the baggage compartment of the bus where he was found at about 23 hours (midnight, Paris time) before being neutralized shortly before 2 o'clock.
The move is welcomed by 81% in Ireland, according to a recent survey, but dissident republicans oppposés the peace process in Northern Ireland have declared their opposition, requiring the establishment of a safety device on unprecedented scale Island. The police are on the warpath in both London and Dublin and Belfast.
No fewer than 10 000 police and troops deployed in Ireland for a visit and several people were arrested in recent days, suspected of belonging to the dissident republican movement. On Monday, a bomb threat from dissident Irish republicans had caused a commotion of battle police in London.
The "Mall" that leads to Buckingham Palace was closed for several hours after an alert, which proved unfounded. The fear of an assassination of a dissident group was reinforced by threats brandished late April by a masked man at a rally in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. "The queen is not welcome," he had launched, accusing him of being guilty of "war crimes" and called to speak for the Real IRA who is credited with the recent proliferation of attacks in Ulster, whose death in a suicide car bombing of a Catholic policeman in early April.
Dissidents republicans are opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland despite the peace agreements of 1998. They split from the IRA (Irish Republican Army, Catholic separatist) who has renounced weapons in 2005 and joined the peace process. The tumultuous relationship between Irish and British have largely subsided since the peace accords of 1998 and the first visit by a British monarch since 1911 figure is a gesture of reconciliation.
But resentment still against the former colonial power. At the time of the independence of Ireland, London has retained in her lap the province of Northern Ireland, mostly Protestant. Sinn Féin, often accused of links with the IRA, found the visit "premature," before acknowledging that it represented a "unique opportunity" to establish "a new relationship based on equality and mutual respect" , joining the majority sentiment.
The queen is expected to land in Ireland by midday. Elizabeth II on his arrival shall file a wreath at the "Garden of Remembrance (Memorial Garden), erected in honor of victims of the war of independence," a powerful symbol of reconciliation, "the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs . She must decide Wednesday night a highly anticipated speech, joined for the occasion by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, the head of British diplomacy, William Hague.
The movement will end Friday.
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