A State funeral will be held for former Taoiseach John Bruton this weekend.
The 76-year-old died early yesterday morning following a long battle with illness.
Mr Bruton's remains will be removed to Saints Peter's and Paul's Church in Dunboyne, Co Meath on Friday at 7pm.
His funeral mass will be held at 11am on Saturday with burial afterwards in Rooske Cemetery, Dunboyne.
Tributes have been pouring in for Mr Bruton who was taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 when he led the rainbow coalition government of Fine Gael, Labour and Democratic Left.
He was leader of Fine Gael from 1990 to 31 January 2001.
Mr Bruton was re-elected to the Dáil in May 2002 and resigned his seat on 31 October 2004.
He was appointed as the European Union ambassador to the United States the following month.
Mr Bruton was widely credited with playing an important part in Northern Ireland's peace process in the years leading to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which largely ended three decades of sectarian conflict.
During his tenure he also steered through a referendum that paved the way for the legalisation of divorce.
Today, people came to Dublin's Mansion House to sign a book of condolence.
The flag over Leinster House also hung at half mast as a mark of respect to Mr Bruton.
Fine Gael TD Richard Bruton paid an emotional Dáil tribute to his brother today.
Richard said that John's acts of kindness were "repaid a thousand times over" in the past year, which he described as a difficult one.
He said that his brother had lived by the belief that "every person counts".
In his tribute, President Michael D Higgins said that Mr Bruton was a "deeply committed politician, who demonstrated a life-long interest and engagement in public affairs and public service both in Ireland and internationally".
