Press Photographers Ireland CLG

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2024

1ST PLACE WINNER
News 2024

BURNING CITY

by Alan Betson

A burning bus on Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge during riots in Dublin City Centre in the aftermath of a knife attack on school children on Parnell Square.

2ND PLACE
RELIEVED

By Alan Betson

On a back lane, a child is carried to safety from her school, Scoil Mhuire, as Gardaí and emergency services attend Parnell Square in Dublin in the aftermath of a knife attack on school children and their carer.

3RD PLACE
PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

Kateryna Zelenska is pulled from the rubble of a Dnipro apartment block destroyed by a Russian air strike. Trapped for 18 hours, she was unable to signal for help, as her sister revealed she is deaf. Her husband and 1-year-old child perished in the attack.

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NOTHING COMPARES TO HER

By Gerry Mooney

The remains of Sinéad O’Connor are surrounded by her adoring fans giving a final farewell as they make their way along Strand Road in Bray

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STANDING UP AGAINST HIS PRINCIPAL

By Gerry Mooney

Embattled school teacher Enoch Burke pictured outside the entrance to Wilson’s Hospital School following his suspension from duty. He continued his protest outside the school every day for months until the end of term. He later ended up in jail for contempt of court.

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FAREWELL TO THE IRISH RAMBLER

By Damien Eagers

Victoria Mary Clarke holds the coffin of her late husband, Shane MacGowan, at his funeral in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary

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TRAVELLER SUICIDE

By Nick Bradshaw

Michelle Ward and Patrick McDonagh, parents of 12-year-old suicide victim Pat McDonagh, with a recent photograph of their son as the National Traveller Mental Health Network calls on the Taoiseach to take immediate political action to end the mental health crisis that is devastating Irish Travellers.

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THE DUBLIN RIOTS

By Tom Honan

A view of riots in Dublin’s O’Connell Street.

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LOCALS ONLY

By Jonathan Porter

Racist graffiti on newly opened shop in the Donegal Road area of south Belfast.

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IN SYMPATHY

By Sam Boal

Grieving school friends watch as the coffin of 16-year-old Dlava Mohamed is lowered in Newcastle Muslim Cemetery. Dlava and 17-year-old Kiea McCann died in a car crash while travelling to a debs ball in Co. Monaghan.

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BUS STOP

By Denis Minihane

A Bus Éireann bus, which had no passengers on board, after colliding with the crash rail at a railway bridge at Dublin Hill, Cork.

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CROWNING GLORY

By Niall Carson

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are carried in the Gold State Coach, pulled by eight Windsor Greys, in the Coronation Procession as they return along The Mall to Buckingham Palace, London, following their coronation ceremony.

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THE FREE MONK

By Tom Honan

Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch walks free from court after being found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne.

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BIDEN FANS DUNDALK

By Nick Bradshaw

US President Joe Biden visited the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Agreement, as well as holding a round of political meetings and calling to his ancestral homelands in Co. Louth and Co. Mayo.

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TRANS VIGIL

By Sam Boal

Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin held a vigil at the Spire in memory of 16-yearold trans girl Brianna Ghey, who was murdered in Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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MAN IN THE MIDDLE

By John C Kelly

Harley O’Callaghan, of Kilrush, Co. Clare, looks on as he stands between two arguing factions during an information meeting, in the Town Park at Shannon, where concerns were expressed about the new Shannon Refugee Hub proposed for an industrial unit at Shannon Free Zone.

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BLACK TULIP

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

Humanitarian mission “Black Tulip” in Ukraine exhumes and returns bodies of fallen soldiers to their families on the frontline in the Donetsk region during Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

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TUBRIDY AT THE DÁIL

By Alan Betson

RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy arriving to the Dáil before giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on commercial arrangements entered into by RTÉ and its presenters, which have impacted on and relate to the expenditure of public monies.

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EASTER MONDAY

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

Dissident republicans throw petrol bombs at an armoured police car after holding an anti-Good Friday Agreement rally on the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, in Derry, Northern Ireland.

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REFLECTING ON SHANE

By David Fitzgerald

Funeral goers are seen reflected looking on at a photo on the hearse of Shane MacGowan in Dublin City Centre.