Up to 50 republican activists (see photos below) descended on Bertie Ahern’s St Luke’s constituency office in Drumcondra, Dublin today to vent their anger at his announcement that a visit by the English queen to the Twenty-Six Counties is “inevitable”.

On December 24, 2007 Bertie Ahern confirmed on RTÉ radio that the Twenty-Six County establishment plans to invite the Commander in Chief of Britain's armed forces, Elizabeth Windsor, on an official visit to the state in the near future

In a crude attempt to place another veneer of normality over the abnormal relations that pertain between Ireland and the Britain, Twenty-Six County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has announced his desire to see the queen