A ceremony to mark the 107th anniversary of the Easter Rising has taken place on O'Connell Street in Dublin.
At midday, the Irish flag on top of the GPO was lowered and the 1916 Proclamation was read by Captain Austin Doyle from the Defence Forces.
The event was led by President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, and Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald was accompanied by the party's leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill.
The President laid a wreath to commemorate those who died and a minute's silence was observed.
Relatives of those who took part in the Easter Rising attended the ceremony.
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Members of the Defence Forces, including representatives from the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Service also took part in the ceremony.
Defence Forces' brass and pipe bands played at the event. The ceremony concluded with an Air Corps flyover.
At the end of the ceremony, President Higgins and his wife Sabina shook hands with wheelchair users who were at the event, as well as other members of the public.
Captain Austin Doyle reads the proclamation outside the GPO as part of the 107th commemoration of the Easter 1916 Rising.
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