French President Emmanuel Macron meets Michael D Higgins to kick off official visit

The pair had a bilateral meeting followed by a meeting with a group of writers and thinkers before Mr Macron's  working lunch with Taoiseach Mícheál Martin at Government Buildings

French president Emmanuel Macron with President Michael D Higgins and from left:  Dr Paul Gillespie, UCD; Professor Joachim Fischer, University of Limerick; Professor Richard Kearney, Boston College; Catherine Day, former secretary general of the European Commission; and Doireann Ní Bhriain, broadcaster and journalist. Picture: Maxwells

French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Dublin for an official visit.

Mr Macron was greeted upon his arrival by President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin.