Sealing up for the Queen's drive

There's a lot happening in town this morning in security preparations for the Queen's drive-through of Kilcullen next Thursday, writes Brian Byrne.

Gardai have been checking into all manholes and service access on the routes which she will take, and members of the Defence Force have been welding them shut once cleared.

The sewers have also been checked for anything untoward, but all that has been found so far are rats. "Lots of them, and big ones too," one of the people involved told the Diary.

Council workers are also busy: the traffic calming pedestrian crossing in front of Steve's Daybreak store has already been lifted, and those in front of Scoil Bhride are also in the process of being removed.

All will be restored on Friday next, we're told.