Coverage of the commemorations in Dublin, marking 100 years of the Easter Rising.
A 21-gun salute from the grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham marks the end of the Easter Rising commemoration parade.
That's also the end of our live page coverage of the Easter Rising centenary events but you can follow all the latest online and also read more about the event 100 years ago on our special report page.
It's been estimated that upwards of 500,000 people were in Dublin today for the Easter Rising commemorations.
Relatives of those who took part in the Easter Rising are among the thousands of people that have been gathering in Dublin for the centenary commemorations.
People have come from America, Australia and beyond, with many wearing the medals given to their ancestors.
Newry man Paddy Rankin hopped on his bike on Easter Tuesday 100 year ago, and cycled to Dublin to join the rebels. You can read his story here:
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The Irish President has discussed the impact of the Easter Rising 100 years ago in a wide-ranging interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson.
"I do think that without 1916, and the events that surrounded it, we would not have achieved our independence," Michael D Higgins says.
"Which is not to say that I haven't the greatest respect for of what had been achieved for Irish people in the parliamentary tradition, which was often brilliant. But it seemed it had run out."
Click here to hear more of the interview with President Higgins.
The General Post Office (GPO) has a central role in today's parade because it was the nerve centre of the Rising itself, used as the rebellion's headquarters - but it was originally conceived by an Ulsterman.
Armagh architect Francis Johnston designed the building in 1818. It was almost completely destroyed in the Rising and subsequent Civil War but was rebuilt in the 1920s.
In Belfast, the Easter Rising commemoration parade has reached Milltown Cemetery.
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Got a question about the Easter Rising? Nuala McGovern from BBC's Outside Source will be hosting a Facebook live event at 14:00 - tune in then.
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The Impartial Reporter, based in Enniskillen,, external was first newspaper in Ireland to publish a first-hand, eyewitness account of the Rising. You can read how William Egbert from the paper managed to secure a front seat at the rebellion.
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As the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising are under way, BBC News NI's Dublin correspondent Shane Harrison looks at how relations between the two states have changed over the last 100 years.
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BBC Newsline's special programme on the Easter Rising parade has ended but you can still keep up to date with events here and listen to live coverage of the event from BBC Radio Ulster right here on the live coverage tab at the top of this page.
The Easter Rising parade is continuing past the GPO after the commemoration ceremony earlier. It's the largest ever parade in the history of the Republic of Ireland.
BBC News NI reporter Freya McClements is in Dublin as the parade makes it way past the GPO.
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Find out more about one of the most important documents in Irish history - the Proclamation of the Irish Republic
One person with a special connection to the Easter Rising is 94-year-old Sheila O'Leary, from Clontarf in County Dublin.
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Image source, Getty ImagesHer father Thomas Byrne fought at the GPO in 1916, and she has brought a box of his medals to O'Connell Street for today's commemoration parade.
The 1916 Proclamation of Irish Independence is read outside the GPO in O'Connell Street.
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