An Irish diplomat has laid a laurel wreath at the London Cenotaph for the first time in almost 70 years.

Almost 30,000 Irish men and women who died in the First World War will be remembered today on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict.

Four men have been arrested in Britain in connection with an alleged Islamist terror plot.

The Government will lay a wreath in London on Remembrance Sunday to reflect on the thousands of Irish people who fought and died in the British army, the Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has said.

The Government will lay a wreath in London on Remembrance Sunday to reflect on the thousands of Irish people who fought and died in the British army, the Foreign Affairs Minister has said.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has laid a wreath of green laurels at the war memorial in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, to mark Remembrance Sunday.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will be amongst those taking part in services in Northern Ireland to mark Remembrance Sunday.

A man who lost his father, after the IRA killed Remembrance Sunday worshippers, marked the 25th anniversary of the attack by appealing for no return to violence.

The Government has signalled it would likely take up an offer to participate in the Somme and Remembrance Sunday commemorations in the North this year.

President Michael D. Higgins attended his first official ceremony as Uachtaráin na hÉireann this afternoon.

A leading Irish nationalist today became the first leader of her party to wear the poppy on Remembrance Sunday.

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Defence Minister Willie O'Dea is attending a ceremony marking Remembrance Sunday in Limerick this morning.

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Flags have been taken down and murals painted over ahead of a loyalist paramilitary organisation’s anticipated disbandment.

Former US President Bill Clinton today urged Northern Ireland not to be discouraged from the path of peace by the recent violence in Belfast.