Gardaí in Cork City have invited members of the public to join them in celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the foundation of An Garda Síochána.
A ceremony will take place next Wednesday, November 9th in which there will be a re-enactment of the Civic Guard deployed to Cork City in 1922.
The display will begin at 3pm when the LE James Joyce will anchor at Kennedy Quay, Cork with a contingent of Gardaí.
A centenary parade comprising the Garda Band, Garda Ceremonial Unit, Garda Mounted Unit, members of An Garda Síochana, Garda Staff, and retired members of An Garda Síochána, will then leave Kennedy Quay and march through Albert Quay, Clontarf Street and Anglesea Street on to Union Quay.
At 4pm on Union Quay, a plaque will be unveiled to mark the first location of the Civic Guard to Cork city in 1922.
Following this, the parade will continue along Union Quay to Copley Street and finish at Anglesea Street Garda Station.
At 4.40pm, at the entrance to Anglesea Street Garda Station, a plaque will be unveiled to commemorate the Garda members who lost their lives in the line of duty in Cork City.
