Press Photographers Ireland CLG

Arts and Entertainment
2025

1ST PLACE WINNER
Arts and Entertainment 2025

HAIR RAISING

by Tom Honan

CMAT performs on stage at Fairview Park, Dublin.

2ND PLACE
TAKE A BREATH

By Mark Stedman

Pictured at the new group exhibition,‘Take a Breath’, at IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) is Sophie Riev resting in Alex Cecchetti’s work ‘Medusa Mothers’

3RD PLACE
SNOOZE CREW

By Domnick Walsh

Monaghan Rose Anne-Marie McArdle, Louth Rose Justine McGuirk, Wicklow Rose Kerry Byrne, Melbourne Rose Dervla Dolan, Ohio Rose Aoife Zuercher, Cork Rose Shauna O’Sullivan, Leitrim Rose Shauna Murtagh and Waterford Rose Abby Walsh pictured as the Roses rehearse ahead of the RTÉ televised selection nights at the 2024 Rose of Tralee International Festival.

SHORTLISTED
EASEL LIVING

By Marc O’Sullivan

Dublin artist Gerard Byrne sketching en plein air at the iconic view of Sorrento Terrace from Vico Baths, Dalkey.

SHORTLISTED
BRIDGERTON ON TOUR

By Andres Poveda

Nicola Coughlan brings Bridgerton co-star Luke Newton home to Galway for a special fan screening of Netflix’s Bridgerton at the Pálás Cinema.

SHORTLISTED
ELECTRIC PICNIC

By Alan Betson

Members of the McDaniel Family from Sligo wearing their illumination suits for the performance by Calvin Harris, headline act on the Main Stage on the second full day of the Electric Picnic 2024, at Stradbally, Co. Laois.

SHORTLISTED
STREET FASHION

By Leon Farrell

Model Yomiko pictured wearing the winning design from National College of Art and Design (NCAD) fashion design student, Dennis Lawless.

SHORTLISTED
VIVA LAS VEGAS

By Jerry Kennelly

U2 perform at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

SHORTLISTED
CILLIAN MURPHY, ‘SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE’

By Nick Bradshaw

Small Things like These’ red carpet, Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin - Oscar® winner Cillian Murphy on the red carpet ahead of the premier of the film based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Claire Keegan.

SHORTLISTED
EÍMEAR NOONE CONDUCTS

By Larry Cummins

Eímear Noone conducts a quintet of musicians from Cork Youth Orchestra at a performance at City Hall, Cork.