Irish President Mary Robinson says she would welcome a state visit by Queen Elizabeth II.

There has not been a state visit to Ireland by a British monarch since World War II.Robinson said at the end of a four-day visit to Britain that the recent visit to Ireland by Prince Charles was an indication of the "extraordinary deepening of bilateral relations" over the past five years.

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