President Michael D Higgins has led a commemoration to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Easter Rising in Dublin.

Many of those protesting work for food delivery service Deliveroo.

Another property's been taken over by homelessness activists in Dublin this evening.

A recently relet restaurant in Cork city centre, between the GPO and St Patrick’s St, and part of a corner-set property with two other tenants earning €150,000 combined per annum, is for sale, priced at €2.1m.

Day three of the Cork International Choral Festival sees plenty more exciting events happening across Cork City. Check out some of Friday's highlights here. 

Hundreds took to the streets of Dublin city earlier today to call for urgent action on the homeless crisis.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams used his speech at Sinn Fein’s ard fheis at the weekend to launch a critique, not against the caretaker government, but against Fianna Fáil and Micheál Martin.

We look at the timeline of events during Easter Week in 1916.

WHEN you’re a scriptwriter whose latest TV series is an irreverent take on the 1916 Rising, it throws you a little when you meet your director for the first time and realise he’s a descendant of one of the most celebrated fighters to die at the GPO.

Hundreds of people have gathered at the GPO on Dublin's O'Connell Street to save what they say is an iconic 1916 site.

Liveline presenter Joe Duffy’s triplet children will turn 21 on Easter Monday 2016, and he tells them that no matter how tough the recession was it was nothing like Ireland in 1916.

A volunteer with a homeless charity in Dublin was assaulted in the early hours of yesterday morning as she gave out food to people sleeping rough.

Kodaline joined up with the High Hopes Choir to sing their famous "High Hopes" yesterday outside the GPO in Dublin.

Kodaline joined up with the High Hopes Choir to sing their famous "High Hopes" yesterday outside the GPO in Dublin.

Have we learnt anything in the 100 years since the beginning of World War 1? I don’t think so. Maybe we are all materially more comfortable than we were in 1918, but many problems are the same.

A group of angry protesters gathered outside the GPO in Dublin this evening, loudly chanting anti water-charge slogans as political leaders announced plans for the 1916 centenary celebrations.

Demonstrations against water charges are underway up and down the country this afternoon.

More than 90 separate demonstrations will take place across the country today - as over 100,000 people take to the streets in protest against water charges.

The President saluted the resilience, backbone, and courage of the family-run businesses of Cork City centre during a walkabout yesterday of the areas worst hit by last week’s double flood.

The route for Ireland’s showpiece cycling stage race — the eight-day An Post Rás — was unveiled yesterday with competitors set to fight it out over 1,260km and 36 categorised climbs from May 18-25.

An Post has submitted plans for the GPO to commemorate the 1916 Rising.

The recent announcement that Dublin is to have an Independence Trail is most welcome to those still campaigning to save the GPO/ Moore Street 1916 battleground — the only extant battleground in 20th century British and Irish history.

The young woman found wandering in a confused and distressed state by gardaí in Dublin last month may be suffering from a psychiatric condition, the High Court heard yesterday.

Gardaí trying to identify a teenage girl found dazed and wandering in Dublin three weeks ago have asked a judge for permission to release a photo of her.

A committee has recommended that any works on the National Monument site at Moore Street in Dublin be stopped until a more appropriate setting for the buildings is proposed.

Thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of central Dublin at the weekend in a mass protest against austerity measures.

Up to 10,000 people are currently protesting in Dublin City Centre this afternoon calling on the Government not to impose any more cuts or taxes in December's Budget.

More than 40 torch bearers will carry the Olympic flame through the streets of Dublin when it tours the only city outside the UK.

President Michael D Higgins and the Taoiseach Enda Kenny will today attend a ceremony outside the GPO on Dublin's O'Connell Street to mark the 96th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Lone parents have today staged a protest against cuts to their social welfare benefits.

Descendents of the 1916 leaders will visit the GPO today to highlight an ongoing campaign to save the historic GPO / Moore Street battlefield from destruction.

IT MAY go down in the history books as having finally drawn a line under centuries of animosity between two neighbouring nations.

THE first major protest against the visit of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II passed without incident yesterday as the biggest security operation in the history of the state intensified in advance of the royal arrival tomorrow.

SOMETHING of a revolution occurred at the GPO yesterday and it made the best birthday present ever for Enda Kenny.

Gardaí are investigating an attempted robbery in which a family was held overnight.

A virtual tour of leading Dublin attractions is expected to bring tens of thousands more real visitors to the capital.

Riot police, some on horseback, are on standby outside the Dáil where a small splinter group has broken away from the mass trade union-led rally in Dublin city centre.

Thousands of protestors are gathering in Dublin ahead of a major demonstration against the Government's austerity measures.

GARDAÍ will maintain a visible presence at today’s national demonstration in Dublin city centre with rally organisers expecting tens of thousands of protesters to attend.

GARDAÍ were last night continuing to investigate an attack on the constituency office of Minister Noel Dempsey in which the building was daubed with a misspelling of word “traitors”.

DEAR David and Jack, I hope you don’t mind if I take the liberty of writing you an open letter.

I AM writing on behalf of the members of the 1916-1921 Club whose main objective is to honour and remember the dead who fought for Irish freedom and all those who worked for the same cause.

A PIPER led a symbolic march by over 100 people, including relatives of the 1916 Rising leaders and politicians, through Dublin city centre yesterday to commemorate those that died during the Rebellion.