Moneygall frustrated with lockdown

SECURITY plans for US President Barack Obama’s 24-hour visit next week will include up to 50 body scanners, which will be used to screen members of the public at a staged event on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

As the build up to the president’s visit on Monday continues, residents of Moneygall, Co Offaly, have expressed frustration at moves to lock down his ancestral village.

Back in Dublin, it appears the lower end of O’Connell Street is the most likely venue for a massive public rally for Mr Obama on Monday evening.