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2025

1ST PLACE WINNER
News 2025

TOWERING INFERNO

by Niall Carson

A mock police car is set alight at an Eleventh Night bonfire in Moygashel, Co. Tyrone.

2ND PLACE
NATASHA O’BRIEN

By Brendan Gleeson

Natasha O’Brien at Limerick District Court.

3RD PLACE
WHAT’S THE FUSS!

By Michael Chester

Criminal Gerry Hutch (The Monk) at the General Election Count Centre in the RDS where he failed to get elected to Dáil Éireann.

SHORTLISTED
SPRAY AND PAY

By Niall Carson

Gardaí deploy pepper spray at a protester after a number of fires have been started at the former site of the Crown Paints factory in Coolock, North Dublin.

SHORTLISTED
TENT CITY

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

Asylum seekers’ tents surround the International Protection Office (IPO), where hundreds of migrants in search of accommodation have been
sleeping on the streets for several months in Dublin.

SHORTLISTED
FARRELL AND FRIEND FINISH WITH A FLOURISH

By Sam Barnes

Actor Colin Farrell and his close friend Emma Fogarty cross the finish line after completing the 2024 Irish Life Dublin Marathon in 4:06:45 and raising €774,000 for Debra Ireland.

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PITCHED BOTTLE

By Niall Carson

A youngster throws a bottle towards Gardaí at the Crown Paints factory in Coolock, North Dublin.

SHORTLISTED
A QUICK LICK

By Alan Betson

Repainting of the Poolbeg Chimneys in Dublin’s Docklands

SHORTLISTED
DELIVERING A MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR

By Dara Mac Dónaill

Emma O'Kelly, Chair, Dublin Broadcasting Branch, NUJ, addressing RTÉ workers and supporters with Kevin Bakhurst, Director-General of
RTÉ (standing on left) at the plaza in RTÉ, Donnybrook, Dublin.

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KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

By Justin Kernoghan

More than 400 homes were evacuated after a 500kg World War II bomb was discovered by construction workers and detonated by bomb disposal
experts in a controlled explosion in Newtownards, Co. Down.

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FACE TO FACE

By Dara Mac Dónaill

Gardaí face a group of Ireland Says No protesters on O’Connell Street, passing another group attending a United Against Racism protest.

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CONOR MCGREGOR

By Mick O’Neill

Conor McGregor leaving the High Court during a civil action against the MMA star.

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HOLIDAY NIGHTMARES

By Justin Kernoghan

Holiday Inn hotel residents watch in horror from their bedroom windows as a huge ‘out of control’ Eleventh Night bonfire collapses close to their hotel in Belfast City Centre.