The civil rights bodies claim that there has been an increase in passport checks, which they said follows assurances from both governments that there would be no return to a hard border.

Garda chiefs have laid bare to the Department of Justice the consequences of not providing special budgets for high-level visits to Ireland.

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris will attend an event to mark the anniversary in the Phoenix Park today.

The family of murdered prison officer Brian Stack will meet with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris later to get answers over his killing.