President Catherine Connolly will be in Dublin, Meath and Galway today as part of her first full day in office.
President Connolly was inaugurated as Ireland's tenth president at a ceremony in Dublin Castle yesterday.
Her first official engagement was a lunch at Áras an Uachtaráin followed by a State reception last night that was held in her honour.
This morning she will visit Gaelscoil Inse Chór in Dublin, before travelling to Co Meath, where she will visit the Trim Resource Centre.
Following that, the President is due to visit Merlin Park Community Nursing Unit 5 and 6 in her home county of Galway.
Gaelscoil Inse Chór príomhoide Colm Ó Nualláin said the pupils are very excited that the new President is visiting their school.
Speaking on RTÉ's Liveline yesterday afternoon, he said: "We are over the moon", and everyone is working very hard to get the school ready for the visit of Uachtaráin Connolly.
He said Whatsapp groups were "absolutely hopping" with parents offering to help in any manner that they could and "we had a very full campus" of people helping out.
Mr Ó Nuallain said he received a call on Monday about the visit and "we dropped everything".
He said it was very clear from the call that the people she wanted to meet most was páistí Gaelscoil Inse Chor, "so we announced the news immediately to the children and they broke out in spontaneous applause and there was even a few tears".
He said there is something about Uachtaráin Connolly that resonates with the children.
