Protests against the war on Iraq continue today ahead of larger demonstrations tomorrow.
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) has organised a lunchtime peace vigil on Dublin's O'Connell Street, beginning at 1 p.m.
Sixteen children from different ethnic origins will release paper doves carrying an anti-war message. The children represent the 16 million children in Iraq whose lives are threatened by the attack, ICTU says.
"The sound of our silence will be a strong statement of the deeply felt anger at the use of powerful weapons of mass destruction, which threaten the lives and livelihoods of millions of innocent people," said ICTU general secretary, Mr David Begg.
The silent vigil part of a Europe-wide campaign being co-ordinated by the European Trade Union Confederation.
Also at 1 p.m., an Amnesty protest will be held outside the US embassy in Ballsbridge. A campaign will be started encouraging people to send British Prime Minister Tony Blair an Amnesty postcard expressing their concern at the humanitarian cost of the war on Iraq.
The postcards will be distributed at today's event and can also be obtained by logging on to the Amnesty website; 20,000 cards have been printed.
Members of the Muslim community in Dublin will protests outside at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Clonskeagh at around 2 p.m. after congregational prayer.
Tomorrow, bigger rallies and marches will be held across Ireland. Although they will not be on the scale of the February's mass demonstration in Dublin, tens of thousands are expected to turn out at a series of local events in Ireland's larger urban centres.