Press Photographers Ireland CLG

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2026

1ST PLACE WINNER
News 2026

SCORN IN THE USA

by Niall Carson

Members of Enoch Burke’s family are ejected from the Ireland Funds 33rd National Gala dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, during the Taoiseach’s week-long visit to the US.

2ND PLACE
STOP THE BOATS

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

A loyalist bonfire burns, featuring a model effigy of a boat containing mannequins portrayed as migrants in lifejackets, with a sign reading “Stop the Boats”, during annual bonfire events marking the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, in Moygashel.

3RD PLACE
FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE

By Mal McCann

Shiva Thavamazar from Nepal stands at his front door in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, where he has displayed flags and other British emblems in the windows of his home following anti-migrant attacks and intimidation in the area.

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THEY LEFT IN A HURRY

By Niall Carson

Belongings left outside an abandoned house on Queen Street, Ballymena, following a second night of violence during a protest over an alleged sexual assault. Multiple cars and properties were set on fire.

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SHATTERED DREAMS

By Justin Kernoghan

A family looking through smashed windows of their house in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, after their home was destroyed by rioters. Around a quarter of those arrested were under 18. Rioting began after a protest over an alleged sexual assault.

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INTO THE WEST

By Mark Condren

A man makes his way for a pint in his local pub after power outages in the West of Ireland remained for almost two weeks from Storm Éowyn.

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RACE HATE

By Mal McCann

A bonfire in Moygashel, Co. Tyrone, topped with an effigy of migrants in a small boat and placards reading “Stop the Boats” and “Veterans Before Refugees”.

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HEAD AND SHOULDERS - 'YOU NEVER GET A SECOND CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION'

By Bryan O’Brien

A re-purposed presidential election campaign poster for the Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin, who withdrew from the presidential election, in a hedge near Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.

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FACE OFF

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

A demonstrator faces a group of riot police vehicles as riots continue in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. rioting flared after two 14-year-old Roma boys were accused of allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

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COMMUNITY IN MOURNING

By Liam McBurney

Mourners carry the coffins of murder victims Vanessa Whyte and her children, Sara and James Rutledge, through Maguiresbridge, Co. Fermanagh.

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BROTHER KEVIN CROWLEY LYING IN REPOSE

By Tom Honan

Sarah Foran, Damien Devereux and Capuchin Director of the Day Centre Capuchin Friar, Fr. Kevin Kiernan, pictured paying their respects to Brother Kevin Crowley at St. Mary of the Angels, Capuchin Church, Capuchin Friary, Church Street, Dublin