Queen lays wreath for dead republicans on Ireland visit

[alp227]

Source: The Guardian

The Queen has laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin to commemorate fallen Irish republicans, during a royal visit to Ireland.

The visit came as Republican dissident attempts to disrupt day one of the historic visit appeared to have been thwarted. Two separate demonstrations against the Queen's presence at the Garden of Remembrance failed to breach Garda lines.

A huge security operation kept up to 200 republican protesters split between locations away from the royal entourage. Apart from a few missiles hurled at the gardaí near the Rotunda maternity hospital in Parnell Square, there was little disorder as the Queen laid a wreath at the memorial.

The radical republican group Eirigi could only muster around 150 demonstrators at the southern end of Parnell Square. At the northern end of the square close to the Garden only 60 protesters turned up to a Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) rally, the party linked to the terror group the Continuity IRA.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/17/queen-lays-wreath-republicans-ireland

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[CountAllVotes]

1. ....

Hypocrite.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. "Uh...your Higness. That is not the stand to hang the wreath on!"

WTF? The Queen looks like she is getting in that soldiers pants. Yikes!

[CountAllVotes]

3. ...

:rofl: :D

[murielm99]

5. OMG, you're right!

What a strange picture!

[Ter]

8. Is he allowed to move if she grabs it?

:)

[qanda]

10. Oh my....

LOL

[alp227]

20. awkward photo angle...

in reality, the guard is standing to the right side of the queen and stand

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[CountAllVotes]

6. yep

Waiting for the stink to go bye-bye!

Same story here btw!

WE DO NOT FORGET *ever* !!!

[keroro gunsou]

7. ireland WAS a nice place...

til that bastard cromwell decided to visit....

[Sequoia]

22. The snakes were nice until St. Patrick came along with his piper.

Actually, I just made that up. Sort of. Seriously though, why can't England just let go.

[roguevalley]

24. hasn't been the same place since the Vikings came to Dublin.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Your island? You call yourself an American, but think Ireland belongs to you?

Nice sense of entitlement you've got there.

[Wait Wut]

12. Nice sense of self-righteousness you've got there.

Did I insult a relative of yours? Or, do you just wander aimlessly through threads looking for a pedestal to hop on?

It was a take on the line from Braveheart. I assure you I do not own Ireland.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. I think you insulted the people and president of Ireland

who was, after all, the person who invited Elizabeth to visit. You claim the right to overrule the elected president, and seem to claim ownership of the island too. Saying you're modelling your remarks on Mel Gibson doesn't help your case.

[Wait Wut]

14. You've obviously never seen the movie.

It wasn't Mel Gibson's line.

If the Pres. of Ireland was the one who invited her, I'd have to wonder about his own agenda and who he's trying to appeal to. I would also have to disagree with your accusation that I've insulted the people of Ireland. Have you taken a poll of the general population requesting their opinions on Queenie's visit? I know I haven't, so I would not assume to speak for them. You, apparently, feel you have the right. And you say I'm the one with a sense of entitlement?

You really have lost this battle. What I stated was my opinion of Queenie's visit to Ireland. Nowhere in any of my comments did I insult the people of Ireland and your attempt to twist my opinion around to suit your own cause is fun to read, but pointless.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. You haven't a fucking clue about Ireland, have you?

The President of Ireland is a woman.

:banghead:

FWIW, 80% of people in Ireland were in favour of the visit: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/private-visit-would-serve-us-all-better-than-a-state-event-2647436.html

[Stella_Artois]

18. Pretty sad really

Its largely the Americans who harbour the really strange desire to keep revisiting the past. Why they wish to see two modern European nations be in perpetual conflict with each other is a mystery.

Living in the past is what it is.

[theHandpuppet]

19. Well said

Not to mention that we Euro-Americans are occupiers ourselves and our treatment of the folks who were already on this land when we arrived was spectacularly abysmal. Even today many Native Americans are oppressed and living in poverty. We have much to account for right here at home.

[ikri]

15. Got any advice on the Middle East peace process whilst you're at it?

Though I guess you probably believe that fighting battles over what happened hundreds of years ago to some distant relative is still worthwhile.

For what it's worth, parts of my family lived in Ireland a couple of hundred years ago before emigrating to Scotland, strangely though I don't feel Irish, or Scottish, or French, or German, or any other nationality that my distant relatives may have been. I am not my ancestors, I am not responsible for their actions and have no interest in fighting their battles over what may or may not have happened.

From the polls that I have seen the majority of people in Ireland are positive about the Queen's visit with only the most ardent republicans bitter about it.

[Odin2005]

21. Wow, BITTER much?

:eyes:

[Taverner]

9. WOW!

The Queen's still alive?

[BuddhaGirl]

17. someone should photoshop the frowning flower girl with

hands over her ears to this pic!! LOL

[Cass]

23. Oh my, what a picture!!

:rofl: