The Irish army blew up a makeshift bomb found in a bus outside Dublin ahead of a historic visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday, amid the biggest security operation even mounted by the state .
The Queen is visit, the first by a British monarch since Ireland won independence from London in 1921, is designed to show how warm neighbourly relations have changed centuries of animosity.
Britain's Foreign Office said the Queen's visit would still go ahead despite the bomb's discovery.
The queen's arrival coincides with the 37th anniversary of bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, the single bloodiest day in a three-decade sectarian battle over Northern Ireland, and a day still mired in controversy.
Relatives will lay a wreath at the site of one of the bombings in Dublin shortly before Queen Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, land at around 1100 GMT.
A homemade bomb was found in the luggage compartment of a bus in Ireland on Tuesday and blown up by the army in a controlled detonation, the military said, hours before the first state visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
Ireland has mounted its biggest security operation ahead of a visit steeped in symbolism and gestures designed to underline how warm neighbourly relations have replaced centuries of animosity.
The lastly of the device were handed over to police for their investigations
The Queen is visit, the first by a British monarch since Ireland won independence from London in 1921, is designed to show how warm neighbourly relations have changed centuries of animosity.
Britain's Foreign Office said the Queen's visit would still go ahead despite the bomb's discovery.
The queen's arrival coincides with the 37th anniversary of bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, the single bloodiest day in a three-decade sectarian battle over Northern Ireland, and a day still mired in controversy.
Relatives will lay a wreath at the site of one of the bombings in Dublin shortly before Queen Elizabeth and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, land at around 1100 GMT.
A homemade bomb was found in the luggage compartment of a bus in Ireland on Tuesday and blown up by the army in a controlled detonation, the military said, hours before the first state visit by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
Ireland has mounted its biggest security operation ahead of a visit steeped in symbolism and gestures designed to underline how warm neighbourly relations have replaced centuries of animosity.
The lastly of the device were handed over to police for their investigations
