PRINCE ALBERT OF MONACO WILL VISIT MAYO THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING, AT THE END OF A 3-DAY STATE VISIT TO IRELAND.

THE PRINCE AND HIS FIANCEE CHARLENE WITTSTOCK WERE GREETED BY PRESIDENT MARY MCALEESE AND HER HUSBAND, MARTIN, AT ARAS AN UACHTARAIN YESTERDAY.

PRINCE ALBERT WILL BE IN NEWPORT TOMORROW EVENING.

HE WILL FIRST PAY A VISIT TO HIS ANCESTRAL HOME AT DRIMURLAN NEWPORT – THE HOME OF HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER JOHN KELLY – AND WILL THEN ATTEND A PRIVATE FUNCTION IN NEWPORT HOUSE WITH RELATIVES OF HIS LATE MOTHER GRACE KELLY.

THE PRINCE WILL MEET WITH LOCAL MINISTER MICHAEL RING, THE COUNTY MANAGER PETER HYNES AND CATHAOIRLEACH OF THE COUNCIL MICHAEL BURKE , AND WILL THEN GO ON A WALKABOUT IN THE TOWN OF NEWPORT FROM ABOUT 6.15 PM, WHERE HE WILL MEET WITH LOCALS BEFORE TRAVELLING TO IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK.