Prince Charles and Camilla's planned Kildare visit taking place today

Members of the Royal Family will be in Kildare this afternoon when Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive in the county as part of their visit to Ireland.

The couple were up in Belfast yesterday to attend a ceremony to mark the opening of the Garden of Remembrance, and he will travel down south today for day two of their three-day visit.

Kilkenny is the main destination this morning after the Prince of Wales and the Dutchess of Cornwallaccepted an invite to attend Kilkenny Castle, and they will leave there at around 2pm to make their way to the National Stud and the Japanese Gardens. They also plan on visiting the defence forces UN training camp today on their visit to this part of the country.

There are numerous road closures and restrictions in place down in Kilkenny until after the Royal Party leaves this afternoon, but Gardaí have not indicated whether or not there will be any road closures around Kildare to cater for the Royal visit.