Following the recent indication by the Dublin government that Elizabeth Windsor will be invited on a state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties, Éirígí Cill Mhantáin activists, joined by other republicans and socialists, held a day

Upwards of eighty people last night [July 5] joined Éirígí’s protest against a state visit to the Twenty-Six Counties by the British head of state, Elizabeth Windsor. Beginning at 7pm, the protest continued for close to ninety minutes. For much of that time the line of protesters, holding a variety of banners, flags and posters, stretched across the full frontage of Dublin’s City Hall.

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.