*Ø* Blogmanac | Dublin on high alert for summit

The Observer

"Ireland is to mount the largest security operation since independence for next weekend's May Day European summit in Dublin.

"The centre of the Irish capital will be transformed into a virtual fortress as police and troops seek to protect delegates at the ceremony marking the accession of 10 new countries into the EU ...

"... civil liberties groups and radical organisations condemned the operation, claiming it would create a virtual state of emergency in the Republic next weekend. Irish politicians including the Lord Mayor of Dublin have called for foreign protesters to be prevented from entering the Republic."

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