Security stepped up ahead of Queen's Ireland visit
SECURITY was tightened in Ireland yesterday in advance of the historic state visit of the Queen.
Barriers were being placed across Dublin, with parking restricted on more than 30 streets.
Roads have already been closed around one of the most controversial sites the Queen plans to visit as police chiefs prepare for protests at the Garden of Remembrance in the Irish capital, which honours those who died fighting for Irish independence.
A senior Garda source said there is a high level of security around her four-day stay, which starts on Tuesday. "It is going to be tense," he said.
Leave has been banned for 4,000 Garda officers and 2,000 Defence Forces troops who will be deployed as part of the biggest security operation ever seen in Ireland. Surveillance has been stepped up on known republican dissidents, with several arrests made in the north and south of Ireland.
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