Features
2009

A Muslim at prayer in the Anwar e-Madina mosque on Talbot Street, Dublin.

The view from the Murray house onto River Street in Ballinasloe in Co.Galway after severe flooding from the nearby River Suck.

Orangemen march outside Drumcree Parish Church in Portadown. Their yearly parade at one point was attended by 50,000 supporters.

Crowds gathering at the Rambling House, Knockfierna, Co Limerick for the start of Ireland's only Non-Drinking Festival.

Electoral Officer Hugh O' Donnell, right and Garda Officer Brendan McCann wait for islanders on Inishfree, DOnegal to vote in the Lisbon treaty referendum

Shell to Sea activist Maura Harrington leans on Gardai at the Shell plant at Glengad beach in Co Mayo, Ireland.

An eerie silence greets visitors to an artisanal goldmine in SW Burkina Faso, West Africa after a tunnel collapse killing a miner. a shanty town of 50,000 people has grown up around the mine over a three month period.

A man goes for a swim during the Bray Summerfest airshow

A soldier on manoeuvres in the Curragh, Co Kildare

Monastic Life at Glencairn Abbey is about work and prayer for Sr Michelle Miller, left and Sr Sarah Branigan, who are part of a community of nuns at the enclosed Cistercian Glencairn Abbey, County Waterford.

Empty houses on an empty street in Dublin where the developer went bust. Only two houses have been sold on this street as the housing collapse deepened.

Two families from Swat outside the cave in Haripur where they were staying until it was safe to return home. 1.7 million people were displaced following heavy fighting between the Taliban and Government forces in Northern Pakistan.

Rainy day at the Auld Lamas horse fair in Ballycastle Co. Antrim.