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Bomb Found in Ireland Ahead of British Queen's Visit

   VOA News  May 17, 2011
   The Irish tricolour flies over the General Post Office, one of the
   major sites of the 1916 Easter Uprising against British Rule, in the
   center of Dublin, Ireland. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was due

Photo: AP

   The Irish tricolour flies over the General Post Office, one of the
   major sites of the 1916 Easter Uprising against British Rule, in the
   center of Dublin, Ireland. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was due to
   arrive in Ireland for a four day visit, the first visit by a British
   Monarch in nearly 100 years, May 17, 2011

   The Irish military says it has defused a bomb found in the luggage
   compartment of a bus in Ireland, hours before Britain's Queen Elizabeth
   was scheduled to arrive for a landmark visit.
   Officials say the bomb was found late Monday in a bus in the town of
   Maynooth, about 25 kilometers from Dublin. The bomb was later detonated
   by the army in a controlled explosion.
   Shortly after, a second suspicious device was found at a nearby tram
   station and determined to be a hoax.
   Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip arrive in Dublin Tuesday
   for the start of their four-day visit to the country.
   It is the first visit by a British monarch since Ireland declared its
   independence in 1916.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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