Several death threats against JFK during visit 1963 to Ireland

SEVERAL death threats were made against President John F Kennedy ahead of his official visit to Ireland in 1963, Government papers have revealed.

Gardaí were alerted to two telephone messages alleging that the US leader would be assassinated during his three-day trip and a third was phoned in to the news desk at Independent Newspapers.

The first threat claimed a sniper would be waiting on a roof near the president’s route from Dublin Airport to Áras an Uachtaráin. The second claimed a bomb would be planted on board an aircraft at Shannon as Mr Kennedy prepared to return to the US.