Queen Elizabeth II today becomes the first British monarch to set foot on Irish soil in the last 100 years. A historical journey of four days, beginning marked by threats involving dissident republicans. 4,000 police ensure safety the next few days in Dublin, Kildare and Cork, the places you visit the monarch, who have no contact with the Irish for fear of possible attack.
In the last hours, police have turned off on the outskirts of Dublin two homemade explosive devices. The last visit by a British monarch to Ireland back in 1911, the date on which George V visited the island, which was still under the control of London. In 1921, Ireland confirmed its independence and with it ended the fluid diplomatic exchanges between the two neighboring islands.
Isabell II come today at noon at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, and will move from there directly to the welcome reception that will feature in his official residence of Irish President Mary McAleese. The security operation, with 40,000 agents and a cost of 30 million, 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. 
In the last hours, police have turned off on the outskirts of Dublin two homemade explosive devices. The last visit by a British monarch to Ireland back in 1911, the date on which George V visited the island, which was still under the control of London. In 1921, Ireland confirmed its independence and with it ended the fluid diplomatic exchanges between the two neighboring islands.
Isabell II come today at noon at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel, and will move from there directly to the welcome reception that will feature in his official residence of Irish President Mary McAleese. The security operation, with 40,000 agents and a cost of 30 million, 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.
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