Books of Condolence for Nelson Mandela are opening at various locations across Ireland.
The South African Embassy in Dublin will be opening one on Monday. Books are also open at Limerick City Hall and the County Hall in Dooradoyle, as well as at City Hall in Galway and NUI Galway over the weekend.
A Book of Condolence has opened at the Mansion House in Dublin this afternoon and will be available over the weekend from 10am to 6pm.
While a book has also been opened at Belfast City Hall.
People can also leave messages of condolence on a Facebook page here.
President Michael D. Higgins is to travel to South Africa to attend the memorial service for Mr. Mandela.
The President will represent Ireland at the event at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, which hosted the 2010 World Cup final, next Tuesday.
Jimmy Burns from Sandyford in Dublin signs the book of condolence
Meanwhile it was announced announced earlier that Mr. Mandela will lie in State for three days before his funeral next week.
This Sunday has already been declared as a national day of prayer and reflection in South Africa.
The first black President of South Africa, who died yesterday at the age of 95, will be given a full State funeral and will be laid to rest on Sunday December 15th in Qunu in the Eastern Cape province.
But from the 11th to the 13th of December, his remains will lie in State at the seat of government, the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where he served as President.
Flags there will remain at half-mast until after his burial. He had been suffering from an on-going lung infection.
The Tricolour flies at half-mast in Dublin
Countless world leaders and well-known personalities will be among those in attendance at his funeral.
A memorial service will take place at a 95,000 seater football stadium in Johannesburg on Monday where he made his last major public appearance in 2010.
Mandela is survived by his six children, his former wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - whom he divorced in 1996 - and his current wife Graca Machel. His first wife, Evelyn Mase, died in 2004.
A member of the Thembu tribe's royal family, he was affectionately known as 'Mandiba' in Xhosa - Father of the nation.
Mandela spent 27 years in prison, under South Africa's apartheid regime, and won international acclaim for reuniting his divided country on his release.
