Irish Republican Dissidents Cause Alarm

Dissident paramilitaries called in a bomb threat for London:

Police received a bomb threat for central London from Irish republican paramilitaries, a day before a historic visit by the Queen to Ireland, Scotland Yard said.
''A bomb threat warning has been received relating to central London today. The threat is not specific in relation to location or time,'' a Scotland Yard spokesman said yesterday.
''We believe the threat is in connection with dissident republican terrorism.''

This is bad news for Northern Ireland.  It would be nice for the Real IRA and Continuity IRA to fade away.  Any appearance in the news is bad for the Republican cause.

Update:  Actually, maybe it isn't the RIRA or CIRA which is the problem this time:

Republican terrorists have pledged to disrupt the tour.
The first day of the visit coincides with the 37th anniversary of the bloodiest day of the Troubles, in which 34 people were killed in four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan.
Irish police will have to deal with attempts by the radical republican group Eirigi to occupy the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin, the memorial to Irish people killed in the struggle for independence, where the Queen is due to lay a wreath today. The group has threatened to set up a ''freedom camp'' in the memorial garden .
On Sunday, the Irish President, Mary McAleese, said the Queen's visit would be an ''extraordinary moment'' between the two countries.

Guess I should have read further.  I still contend that any news of this type is bad.