Queen Elizabeth to visit Croke Park stadium

It's a damn disgrace that this woman is allowed to set foot in Ireland, let alone be entertained at the cost of the pensioners, disabled and the sick waiting for beds in hospitals. Going to Croke Park, the scene of mass murder by the Royal's troops, without as much as an apology is insulting the memories of those innocent bystanders. Reconciliation can only take place WHEN they accept FULL responsibility of the heinous crimes against this country, AND unequivocally and unambiguously apologise TO the PEOPLE - anything less is a further insult. The ONLY apology received was from the British Prime Minister for the cold blooded murder by their troops in Derry on Bloody Sunday. Contrary to what this article says, NO apology has ever been offered or received for the genocide caused by the Famine. Will she apologise for the cold blooded murder of the Lord Mayor, Thomás MacCurtain - shot in his own home in front of his family? or for the wrongful imprisonment which forced Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney to die on hunger strike? When she apologises TO the PEOPLE, then and only then should a Royal visit be considered.

I really like this idea of the Queen at Croke Park.. I would invite Nelson Mandala and Archbishop Tutu, even if they could not come, to remind people that reconciliation, after the injustices are removed (they can never be undone), is better than revenge or spite. ... Notice that I did not refer to her here as Madame Windsor, as I normally do, accepting that she is visiting as the head of the British state on another mission of reconciliation rather than as a representative of British class privilege and imperialism.

Jess: IF she's gonna be laying a wreath in Croke Park, it should be for the English Rugby Team that got battered there in 2007, 43-13........Then she can jump on the Luas on lay a wreath at Landsdowne Rd (I will never call the ground by its sponsors name), for this years onslaught.

I hope her visit to the English Market in Cork does'nt fall on a Wednesday.I buy a pigs head every Wednesday for my mammy there and I'll be damned if I'm forced to carry it in a bag.Its twenty two cents for a plastic bag here.I am not without manners and always close its eyes before tucking it under my arm and making my home so it can't be argued that I am inconsiderate to HER or to the people on the bus.

No apology no visit.

God Save Britain more than God Save the Queen...she come Judgement Day will stand in line behind the beggar on the street...As an Irish man I want for the Queen to make an Official public Apology to the Irish People and no better place for that than Croke Park

God save the Queen.

She should lay a wreath in remembrance of the slain victims at Pairc an Crocaigh