The Taoiseach heads to Washington today for a series of events marking the 1916 Centenary.
Enda Kenny will join US Vice President Joe Biden, to formally open the "Ireland 100" Festival in the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The three week arts festival is the centrepiece of the events commemorating the 1916 Rising in the US.
Tomorrow, the Taoiseach will plant an Irish oak tree on Capitol Hill, to mark the centenary.
