The Queen visits Ireland - in pictures

Gardaí make final preparations outside the general post office in Dublin city centre Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Photograph: Julien Behal/Press Association The Queen and Duke Of Edinburgh arrive at Dublin's Baldonnel military airport Photograph: Bryan O'brien /Pool/EPA Photograph: Bryan O'brien/EPA Protesters gather in Dublin to demonstrate against the Queen's visit Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP Protesters make their way through Dublin Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Photograph: Niall Carson/Press Association The Queen and Prince Philip are greeted by the Irish president, Mary McAleese, and her husband, Martin Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty The Queen looks back at Irish Defence Guard chief of staff, Lieutenant General Sean McCann, at the Áras an Uachtaráin, the president's official residence, in Dublin Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images Gardaí struggle with demonstrators in Dublin Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Photograph: Niall Carson/Press Association The Queen plants a tree as the Irish president, Mary McAleese, and Prince Philip and Martin McAleese look on at Áras an Uachtaráin Photograph: Samir Hussein/WireImage The Queen inspects the guard of honour at the Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence of the Irish president Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty The Queen and Prince Philip take tea with the Irish president, Mary McAleese, and her husband Martin at the Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin Photograph: Mark Maxwell/EPA The Queen hears the story of the traditional Irish harp from harpist Siobhan Armstrong, who performed during a tour of Trinity College in Dublin Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Demonstrators push a burning bin towards a line of Irish riot gardai during a protest in Dublin on the first day of the Queen's four-day visit to Ireland Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images The Queen with Provost Dr John Hegarty as she visits Trinity College Dublin Photograph: Pool/Getty Images Fires lit by protesters burn in the streets adjacent to the Garden on Remembrance where the Queen laid a wreath Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images The Queen and the Irish president, Mary McAleese, in the Garden of Remembrance Photograph: Aiden Crawley/EPA The Irish president, Mary McAleese, and the Queen in the memorial garden in Dublin Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Protesters gather in Dublin to demonstrate against the Queen's visit Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP The Queen meets students of Trinity College Dublin Photograph: Reuters Photograph: POOL/Reuters The Queen talks to students at Trinity College in Dublin Photograph: STR / POOL/EPA