Press Photographers Ireland CLG

Sports Action
2026

1ST PLACE WINNER
Sports Action 2026

STANDING TALL

by Morgan Treacy

Eoin Mahon on Fountain House has a close call the first time around before eventually winning The Stanley Asphalt Hunters Steeplechase for the Bishopscourt Cup at the 2025 Punchestown Racing Festival

2ND PLACE
LEAPING LADIES

By Morgan Treacy

Kenya’s Faith Cherotich and Burundi’s Winifred Yavi leap the penultimate hurdle in the Women’s 3000 Metres Steeplechase before the Kenyan powered home to take the gold medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

3RD PLACE
UP FOR GRABS

By Tom Honan

Ballinasloe's Aisling Keighery and Creggs's Isabelle Quinn contest for the ball during a Connacht Rugby Girls Under 18 Cup Final at Creggs RFC, Galway.

SHORTLISTED
TACKLE DOWN UNDER

By Dan Sheridan

British & Irish Lions player Sione Tuipulotu tackled by Len Ikitau of Australia during the first test against Australia in the 2025 British & Irish Lions Tour to Australia.

SHORTLISTED
SPLISH SPLASH

By David Branigan

Canada’s Mats Braaten comes a cropper and takes a Dublin Bay bath in breezy conditions on Dublin Bay during the Under 21 ILCA World Championships

SHORTLISTED
UNSTOPPABLE

By Kerry Kennelly

Kerry footballer David Clifford blasts the ball past Niall Morgan, Tyrone goalkeeper, to score Kerry's only goal during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Kerry and Tyrone at Croke Park in Dublin.

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HEAD OVER HEELS

By David Fitzgerald

Madison Gibson of Athlone Town in action against Mateja Bulut of Agram during the UEFA Women’s Champions League First Qualifying Round final match

SHORTLISTED
HANDS OFF

By Dan Sheridan

Harlequins' Will Porter and Luke Northmore try to rip the ball from Leinster's Tommy O'Brien during an Investec Champions Cup Round 1 match.

SHORTLISTED
EYE ON THE BALL

By Seb Daly

Ireland’s Harry Tector fields the ball during his side’s 3rd One Day International Series match against the West Indies at Castle Avenue Cricket Ground in Dublin.

SHORTLISTED
EQUINE REFLECTION

By Morgan Treacy

The runners and riders reflected in the water on the beach in Laytown, the only official beach races run under rules in Europe.

SHORTLISTED
CRACKING HIT

By Sam Barnes

Martin Keoghan of Kilkenny scores a point as Mike Casey of Limerick breaks his hurley trying to stop the shot during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A match between Kilkenny and Limerick at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny.

SHORTLISTED
BALL ON STICK

By Brendan Moran

Niamh Mulqueen of Clare, right, loses her hurley as she attempts to dispossess Saoirse McCarthy of Cork during the Munster Senior Camogie Championship semi-final match between Clare and Cork.