And the Queen is invited to visit too

THE process has begun for Queen Elizabeth II to pay a historic first formal visit to Ireland next year.

Thu, 24 Jun, 2010 - 01:00
Paul O’Brien Political Correspondent

Taoiseach Brian Cowen said there were no longer obstacles to such a visit and he hoped the Queen would come to Ireland before President Mary McAleese’s tenure finished in November, 2011.

It would be the first such visit by a British monarch since George V in 1911.

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