Irish approve of Queen's visit

The future is what should be important to all of us....the world is shrinking and we need all People of good will to look in the same direction going forward.

If a line has been drawn by all protagonists to this shared historical adventure, and it is genuinely adhered too, then fine, lets all move on. I note that the Minister for Health in the Northern Ireland Assembly, Edwin Poots (DUP) has given the approval for a cancer screening unit to be located in Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. It also has a significant buy-in from the Department of Health in Dublin, which is co-funding the unit so that cancer patients in Donegal, and Sligo dont have to make 5-6 hour round trips to either Dublin or Galway to avail of services there. This works for me and I am sure it will work for those who will use this service when it is commissioned. A line drawn, and a benefit from it that works for all!!

beggars have no other choice but be fellows well met. money for the black baby tradition will continue.

The Queen is a really classy Lady. The past IS the past. The U.S. does not have ill feeling towards the British after a;; they went through.

The Queens visit was a success, and while I am no fan of any monarchy, in this day and age. I think she did a fine job. She acknowledged the past, she claim close to an apology for all the misery that English rule and domination bought to the country. She acknowledged our war dead who fought for Irish freedom, and paid respect to the native language.

falls: Ireland is Ireland, and Britain is Britain. There is no need to refer to the two as the British Isles. It infers that Ireland (the entire Ireland) in British, and that is simply not acceptable. The BBC no longer refers to the 2 islands as the British Isles, but rather as Britain and Ireland, or the Northwestern Isles. As far as Ireland ditching the Euro, and acquiring the pound sterling, you might wnat to curb your enehusiaism,and see how this all plays out first. On another note you claim you are neutral, and come from a nationalist background,and yet there is always something somewhat suspect in the tone of your posts, regarding just where you sand,and where your sympathies might lie.

Gratuitous Fox bash. Nice.

THIS ARTICLE IS A LIE: WEST BRIT DUBLIN 4 CRAP.One of the difficulties with modern newspapers is that there is an increasing tendency to portray opinions as facts. This is particularly evident in the Sunday Independent. If one tries to find news in it, apart from the lead story which itself is sometimes not news, one finds a preponderance of articles from self-proclaimed experts who tend to be from middle class backgrounds — dare I say Dublin 4 types, which is a state of mind rather than a geographic location. These articles tend to reflect the attitudes of a particular section of society and regard those attitudes as dominant. There does not appear to be a balance in the attitudes represented by the newspaper. However, the plain people have enough sense to sift out what is good and what is bad. Frequently, the attitudes represented by the newspaper do not reflect the attitudes dominant within the country as a whole, but thankfully, the plain people have enough good sense to resist them>>Former Senator John Dardis, Seanad Éireann Debate, 9 February 2005.

The paper is a west Brit paper and is well known for it, I wouldn't believe any poll of this nature from them. It has as much credence as Fox News and their polls on Obama that always, for some bizarre reason, have him at his lowest to any other poll.

FallsRNat. You really are no help to the peace process.The term British Isles is considered irritating or offensive on the grounds that the modern association of the term British with the United Kingdom makes its application to Ireland inappropriate.The policy of the government of the Republic of Ireland is that no branch of government should use the term. Give it up Seamus.

Remember at a recent international meeting of European leaders, it was not Angela Merkel or Nicholas Sarkozy who spoke up in defence of Ireland, but George Osborne, the British chancellor, we finally find out that the alledged 'enemy' of Ireland happens to be our one true friend, not even the yanks spoke up for us at the IMF, it was left to HMG UK. The republican movement has for 100 years been allowed to wag the IR's dog, no more, we need to build relations with our friends in the UK to offset the Franco/German alliance in the EU. Whether we opt to join sterling or not, the Irish people have woken up to the fact that our nearest neighbour sees us as a essential partner in the future growth/ cooperation of the countries that make up geographically the british isles, the most important part is that a see us an equal partner, not a junior one. The IRA in whatever disguise is finished, yes they can still murder people, disrupt travel etc, but they must surely have realised that the Queen's visit has signalled & end to their ilk. Thanks to HMQ for such a gracious & important visit, her impromptu walkabout with the people of Cork, proves that she truly is a queen of the people. Her visit paves the way for William & Kate. God Bless the island of Ireland & all those whether of people of irish or british descent, may the future be bright & beautiful.

From a personal pov, the Queen lost her uncle to terrorism. A man who loved Ireland and believed in the reunification. Maybe other royals share that for all we know. They are merely figureheads with no actual power where UK policies and actions are concerned.

@Trealach - so many inconvenient truths for you and others to grapple with. I'm sorry, but your insistence that "I'm right and everyone else is wrong" isnt going to win over too many people. "Eilis a Dho" came to Ireland with a mission; to help to make peace, to acknowledge her respect, and by implication the respect of the British State for the Irish Republic, and to draw a line on the past. On the face of things she has ticked all boxes for a majority of the people of Ireland. Of course you have a right to dissent from that view and I acknowledge that. For me all your trenchant views do is go to prove that "you cant (wont) please all the people all of the time............ welcome to the world of "Real Politic"!!!

All that has been achieved is a President has gone down in history by inviting the British Monarch - nothing more. If people 'think' that the visit has shown the world how civilised, and welcoming we Irish are, then they knew nothing about Ireland's global reputation of the Cead Mile Fáilte. No doubt the poll was taken among the selected few who were hand-picked for this FARCE and WASTE of money. It's a pity the Monarch couldn't bring herself to show the same civility and graciousness by offering a very long and overdue apology to the Nation.

So, so proud of everyone in Ireland, for showing the world what a civilised, gracious, and warm nation it is.