The President and the Taoiseach will be among those attending the annual commemoration to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising which will take place on O’Connell Street in Dublin today.

President Catherine Connolly, along with Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Defence Helen McEntee and the Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Ray McAdam are among the dignitaries attending the annual event which is marking the 110th anniversary of the Rising.

During the service there will be prayers of remembrance, a reading of the Proclamation and the laying of a wreath by the President.

More than 200 members of the Defence Forces and the Combined Army Band and Pipe Band will also take part in the ceremony.

The commemoration will be broadcast live on the RTÉ News Channel from 11.35am.