Earlier this month, Brian Cowen confirmed that Fianna Fáil and the Green Party are to invite the head of the British state on a state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties. While those who support a visit by the self-styled ‘British Queen’ will attempt to portray it as a routine visit nothing could be further from the truth. There are many reasons to oppose a visit by the British head of state. Here are just some.

Just two days after Brian Cowen confirmed that the Dublin government will host an official visit by the British head of state to the Twenty-Six Counties, Éirígí has announced the first elements of its campaign of opposition to such a visit.

Éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has stated that the socialist republican party will actively oppose any state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties by the commander in chief of Britain’s armed forces Elizabeth Windsor.

Éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has reiterated the party’s determination to actively oppose any visit to the Twenty-Six Counties by the commander-in-chief of Britain’s armed forces Elizabeth Windsor.