It is reported that at least 120 people have been killed in clashes in Kenya following the announcement that President Mwai Kibaki has won a second term in office.
The defeated candidate, Raila Odinga, says he was robbed of victory by election fraud.
Nationwide riots and protests following the poll result have killed at least 124 people, according to Kenyan television.
The violence erupted across the country, from the opposition heartland in the west, to Nairobi in the centre, and Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.
Many were killed overnight in western Kenya in fresh outbreaks of tribal violence and clashes between police, looters and opposition activists.
The Department of Foreign Affairs is advising Irish people against all non-essential travel to Kenya in light of the violence in recent days. `
A department spokesperson says those who choose to travel should take care while in the country.
Opposition refusing to accept result
The violence threatens to plunge one of Africa's more stable democracies into turmoil.
According to police, hundreds of houses have already been torched in the western Rift Valley province and fresh fighting broke out in Kibera, Nairobi's largest slum.
Opposition supporters there are trying to march towards the city centre where Mr Odinga plans to hold a parallel swearing-in ceremony presenting him to the nation as the 'People's President'.
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate claims that Mr Kibaki stole yesterday's vote through systematic fraud.
Mr Odinga said democracy could not be stopped and has urged his supporters to gather in Uhuru Park in central Nairobi today to show their rejection of the election result.
But the Kenyan authorities have warned that anyone attempting to join the demonstration would face arrest.
A team of observers from the European Union said the Electoral Commission of Kenya had failed to ensure the credibility of the vote.
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, head of the EU monitoring mission in Kenya, said there was evidence of irregularities.
