Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol has today been named as the best-rated landmark in Ireland by travel website TripAdvisor's Travellers’ Choice awards.

President Michael D Higgins will open a revamped visitor centre at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin today.

President Michael D Higgins and senior government ministers have led the tributes to the 1916 fallen at the Kilmainham Jail site where they were executed in an emotional reminder of the deaths of the Rising leaders.

On the eve of the 1916 anniversary, Claire O’Sullivan took her kids to Dublin to tour the city’s child-friendly museums.

Dublin’s Kilmainham Gaol has been named as the best rated landmark in Ireland in the Travellers’ Choice TM awards for Landmarks, announced by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.