Queen’s visit will conclude centuries of divisions, claims Taoiseach

THE visit of Queen Elizabeth will be the “conclusion of centuries of divisions” according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny, who has urged the British prime minister to release intelligence files relating to the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974.

On his first visit to Downing Street, Mr Kenny thanked David Cameron for the “strength and the power” of his apology following the Saville Inquiry into the 1972 Bloody Sunday killings.

But he “reminded” the prime minister that because the arrival of the queen on May 17 coincides with the anniversary of the bombings “there may be a small measure of protest arising from that”.