A military parade through Dublin city centre will be the centrepiece of a series of national events to mark today's 99th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
The parade involving members of the defence forces will go from Dublin Castle to the GPO, where the tricolour will be lowered and President Michael D Higgins will lay a wreath to remember those who died in the Rising.
The first event of the days ceremonies takes place at Glasnevin Cemetery at 9.30 this morning where Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys and British Ambassador Dominick Chilcott will lay wreaths at the Sigerson monument.
CEO of Glasnevin cemetery George McCullagh says it will be a solemn occasion.
Meanwhile, the North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said that austerity and the cuts championed by both the Irish and British Governments - represents a form of politics completely at odds with the principles of the 1916 proclamation.
Martin McGuinness said the principles underscored in the proclamation provide sound evidence that the legacy of the Easter Rising is one which puts equality, freedom and social justice above all else.
He said austerity and the cuts consensus, represent a form of politics completely antagonistic to the aims of Pearse and Connolly.
