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President Mary McAleese has announced Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has accepted an invitation to visit the Republic later this year.
While the dates of the visit and the programme have yet to be announced by the Áras and Buckingham Palace, it is expected to take place over three days in May.
In a brief statement, the Government said it welcomed the acceptance of the invitation. “The visit will mark a further improvement in the very good relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom.”
A number of sources said earlier this month the queen would make a “major” speech in Dublin Castle on relations between the countries.
The queen will be accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, the first to the Republic by a reigning British monarch.
British Ambassador Julian King said the queen and her husband were “very much looking forward to their visit" to Ireland.
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