Clarence House have confirmed that Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit the Repulic of Ireland and N. Ireland between May 19 and 22.
Their itinerary is still a work in progress, but there is speculation that it could include a visit to Mullaghmore in Co Sligo, where Charles' great-uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed in an IRA bombing in 1979.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan has welcomed the news and says the visit will be a further expression of the warm and friendly relations which now exist between Ireland and the UK.