Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the capital's Pride parade.
The annual march started on O'Connell Street at midday on Saturday and headed through the city centre towards Merrion Square.
Due to the large numbers involved, some road closures were in place across the city for a time.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was pictured with some of the groups taking part at the start of the march.
The first Pride parade in the city, in June 1983, crossed the city in the other direction, beginning at St Stephen's Green and ending on O'Connell Street.
The march begins a month of activities and events for LGBTQ+ people including the Pride village in Merrion Square and the Mother Pride Block party.
This year marks a series of anniversaries of important events in the history of Pride and LGBTQ+ rights in Dublin.
It is the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ+ group in Dublin, the Sexual Liberation Movement in Trinity College.
It is also the 40th anniversary of the march to Fairview Park and the first Dublin Pride Parade the following June.
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Edmund Lynch, who helped found the Sexual Liberation Movement with now Senator David Norris in 1973, said a lot had been achieved over the last decades, but he added there is a lot more to do.
He is among the pioneers and grand marshals selected to take part in this year’s march.
"The message this year is good because it celebrates both the past, future and the present," he added.
The 76-year-old said he hoped to catch up today with others who had helped found the movement: "There were 10 of us, two died unfortunately and while (Senator) David Norris won’t be walking, he is coming out to see the parade."
He explained that whilst the first parade was held in 1983 simply to tell people they were there, it is still a parade of protest as well as celebration all these years on.
"Now not everyone on it is gay….it's a celebration but Pride today is still a protest. There's still a lot of issues that need to be sorted. There are a lot of issues to be solved.
"And there is also the transgender issue that has to be sorted out and will be."
