President Michael D Higgins has signed a book of condolence at the French embassy in Dublin.

He and the French ambassador to Ireland, Jean-Pierre Thebault, led a minute's silence to the victims of Friday's attacks.

The leaders of Ireland's Islamic community were among those present to express their sympathies with the French people.

A minute's silence was impeccably observed at 11am Irish time, the equivalent of noon in Paris, where a minute's silence was also observed.

Afterwards, those in attendance broke into a spontaneous rendition of La Marseillaise.

Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly was there, and filed this report for Today FM's National Lunchtime News: