Michael D Higgins to take part in Easter Rising commemoration event

This year the event will take place in two locations, with a significant portion in Áras an Uachtaráin.

President Michael D Higgins will lead tributes later to the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising.

A State commemoration takes place each year in Arbour Hill, the final resting place of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Republic.