Press Photographers Ireland CLG

Daily Life & People
2023

1ST PLACE WINNER
Daily Life & People 2023

COOL

by Dan Linehan

The O’Callaghan family cool down on the beach at Garrettstown, Co. Cork, during record daily temperatures in July.

2ND PLACE
BEGGAR AT THE DIOR-STEP

By John C Kelly

A woman seeking donations from passers-by on the pavement outside the Christian Dior shop on the Champs-Élysées, Paris.

3RD PLACE
BURNING LOVE

By Niall Carson

A couple on Cavehill overlooking loyalist bonfires in Belfast city burning as part of the traditional Twelfth commemorations.

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LITERARY REFLECTIONS

By Dara MacDónaill

The Ha’penny Bridge is reflected in the window of The Winding Stair Bookshop, on the banks of the River Liffey.

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ARE YOU IN OR OUT?

By Mark Condren

Jonathan Trant waits with his horse, Elton, before participating in the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois

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COOLING DOWN FROM ABOVE

By Alan Betson

Jade Hanlon pours water from a balcony to cool down the kids of O’Carroll Villas on Cuffe Street, Dublin, as Ireland experiences a summer heatwave.

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TIME IS TICKING

By Mark Condren

Kevin Chellar, who specialises in antique clock restorations.

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A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB

By Mark Condren

Veteran journalist Charlie Bird, who is suffering from Motor Neurone Disease taking part in the “Climb with Charlie” charity climb of Ireland’s famous holy mountain, Croagh Patrick.

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HEATWAVE

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

A man jumps off Blackrock diving boards during a heatwave at Salthill beach, in Galway.

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WALL COP

By Gary Ashe

A Garda on patrol walks past a clever graffiti message in a laneway in Dublin.

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THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR!

By Marc O’Sullivan

Tired tourists catch a nap on a bench in Dublin’s St. Stephen’s Green.

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THE SAD REFLECTION OF WAR

By Mark Condren

A man pushes his bike days after the battle of Bucha, which was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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BILL

By Morgan Treacy

Actor Bill Murray takes a lunch break whilst competing in the JP McManus Pro-Am.

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BARING ALL

By Valerie O’Sullivan

200 amazing women courageously bared all, in Kerry’s Women’s-only charity ‘Dip in the Nip’ in aid of Recovery Haven Kerry, Cancer Support Charity, on Derrymore Beach, Camp, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Women of all ages took to the water - with the assistance of an all-female support crew, An Garda Síochána, Fenit-based Wild Water Adventures, Tralee Bagpipers and lifeguards.

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TOWERING ABOVE US

By Jonathan Porter

Bonfire builders access Craigyhill bonfire in Larne, Co. Antrim, using a crane. The bonfire broke a world record at 198ft tall.