that we reported to be found in ireland across the republic of ireland on the day of the queen s first state visit to the republic there. it seemed that the one in dublin was a hoax. zero and liftoff for the final launch of endeavour. expanding our knowledge, expanding our lives in space. and with that, 1 -day final mission began for the space shuttle endeavour. it left the launch pad on monday morning, headed for the international space station. always extraordinary photos there. endeavour will be retired after this trip, closing out its 19-year run for the shuttle fleet, the space shuttle atlantis is scheduled to carry out the program s final launch next month. nasa has hired two commercial companies to keep the space station supplied and russia and europe have pledged to help with cargo emissions.
last night, the irish police received a warning about a device which would be on some form of public transport. it was discovered on a private bus just outside dublin. the passengers were evacuated and the devices made safe after about two hours. it was defused. this can is coming now three hours before the queen is supposed to touch down at the girng of a four-day states visit. this is the largest security operation in the history of the irish state. some 10,000 police and army are guarding various roots and vantage points around dublin city and beyond. there is a serious disruption to commuters trying to travel into dublin to work this morning. they ve been asked to use only public transport. the government is hoping that this visit will do so much for the country of ireland in terms of tourism and relations between britain and ireland that they re hoping the irish public will be able to forgo the disruption to their lives over the next few days. thank you. those are th