Queen to make first visit to Ireland

[Matt Damon]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...2456/Queen-to-pay-state-visit-to-Ireland.html

The Queen is to pay a state visit to Ireland - the first official tour of the republic by a British monarch.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement: ''The Queen has been pleased to accept an invitation from the President of Ireland to pay a state visit to Ireland this year. The Queen will be accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh.''
A date for the visit has not been released but it is widely expected to be in May.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12650584

Queen to make first state visit to Irish Republic

The Queen is to pay a state visit to the Irish Republic this year, the first by a British monarch for a century, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Queen Elizabeth II accepted an invitation from the Republic's President Mary McAleese.

King George V was the last reigning monarch to visit the country in 1911 when it was then part of the UK.



Good news

 

[daza_1973]

FFS Just 'cause they beat us at cricket......

 

[Matt Damon]

Well to all those saying otherwise, it is a good thing. Normalisation of relations.

There's too many idiots thriving on outdated and irrelevant arguments. Simply to thrive on trouble and often for criminal related activities. A stable relationship is in everyone's interests.


Ireland is one of the UK's biggest trade partners

UK export and import in 2009: top products and trading partners - the Guardian



Not only that but the UK was one of the largest donors in Ireland's recent financial troubles, but has equally benefited from cross border trade, tourism and inward investment from Ireland.


And frankly its about time.

Otherwise people will never move on.

PS. I want to go to Ireland on vacation in the summer.

 

[davek]

That's all the Irish need, some old ****ing boot turning up like a bad penny.

 

[Matt Damon]

That's all the Irish need, some old ****ing boot turning up like a bad penny.

Shut it you.

 

[davek]

WTF is the use of some old German bird turning up on a country's doorstep during an economic crisis? I hope she's bringing the bail out money with her.

 

[Matt Damon]

WTF is the use of some old German bird turning up on a country's doorstep during an economic crisis? I hope she's bringing the bail out money with her.

I knew you couldn't resist diving into this thread with your outdated opinions.

Why don't you go live in China Davek? Or Venezuela?

 

[davek]

I knew you couldn't resist diving into this thread with your outdated opinions.

Why don't you go live in China Davek? Or Venezuela?

I'm a Republican. I think you'll find the French and Yanks are too.

 

[Matt Damon]

I'm a Republican. I think you'll find the French and Yanks are too.

The Yank's love the history though. And the French too. The Queen speaks fluent French.

She's a brilliant - NON POLITICAL - ambassador.

With what's going on in Libya and elsewhere a non-political head of state shows how good a system it is.


It should skip a generation though for certain after the Queen.

 

[Elong]

Please sir, can I have some more?

 

[davek]

The Yank's love the history though. And the French too. The Queen speaks fluent French.

She's a brilliant - NON POLITICAL - ambassador.

With what's going on in Libya and elsewhere a non-political head of state shows how good a system it is.


It should skip a generation though for certain after the Queen.

That is defo going to happen. Do you think the pair of them killed Diana for a laugh?

 

[chicoazul]

ABDICATE YOU BITCH.

 

[davek]

ABDICATE YOU BITCH.

She killed Diana. She was probably driving that white Fiat in Paris.

 

[roydo]

ABDICATE YOU BITCH.

You serious?

 

[chicoazul]

You serious?

yEs mAte.