Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch in a century to visit Ireland. On Tuesday she laid a wreath at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin, which honors all those who fought against the British for Irish independence. Today she plans to visit Croke Park, where British troops killed 14 civilians in 1920. The Queen’s trip has led to the largest security operation in Ireland’s history. On Monday, a homemade pipe bomb was found on a Dublin-bound bus. A number of republican dissidents were pre-emptively arrested ahead of the Queen’s arrival. Eamon Gilmore is Ireland’s foreign minister.

Irish Foreign Minister, Eamon Gilmore: “This is a hugely important day in the relationships between Ireland and Britain. It is a day where we are, in many ways, I think, coming to terms with the very complex history, which has characterized relations between Ireland and Britain.”