‘Leaders of the world, welcome…but please make sure your visit puts Northern Ireland on the map’

“Security is tight around the Lough Erne resort and the town of Enniskillen,” writes The Belfast Telegraph of the G8 summit of world leaders that begins there on June 17. But despite the presence of 8,000 police and security personnel deployed to keep an eye on an estimated 2,000 anti-capitalist protesters, local officials do not expect any major threats.

The newspaper notes however that authorities are not taking any chances to show they are serious about security, observing

three recently purchased drones will also be deployed to keep and eye from the sky when the world wealthiest leaders gather.

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