President-elect Michael D Higgins lead Ireland’s Armistice commemoration, marking one hundred years since the end of World War One and honouring the 200,000 Irish soldiers who fought in it.
Thousands of people defied wind and heavy rain today to attend Armistice Day ceremonies across Ireland for the 49,000 Irish soldiers killed in World War I.
Locations, where ceremonies have been taking place, include Belfast, Enniskillen, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Kilkenny, Westmeath, Galway and Tipperary.
Michael D Higgins spoke at Glasnevin Cemetery this morning at a State commemoration to mark the 100th anniversary of the ending of the war.
Poetry from the Great War was read by the British, French and German ambassadors to Ireland, before prayer and a minute of silence.
Meanwhile, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, has said that he is “honoured and privileged” to represent Ireland at the centenary Armistice Day commemoration in Paris.
Speaking at the Irish Embassy in Paris this morning, Mr Varadkar described WWI as “one of the most terrible events in the world’s history”.
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