Fog descended during the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final between Mayo and Tipperary. Usually a sold-out fixture, this year’s match was held behind closed doors.
By Sam Boal
Anti-mask protesters fight counter demonstrators outside the Custom House ahead of an anti-mask rally in Dublin.
Sean Foley, a client at Oaklodge Nursing Home, Cloyne, Co. Cork, is visited by his wife Betty during lockdown.
Conal Keaney of Ballyboden St. Enda’s (right) is shouldered by John Small of Ballymun Kickhams during the GAA Dublin Senior Football Championship final at Parnell Park.
A fan watches from a graveyard as St. Brigid’s play Boyle behind closed doors in the Roscommon GAA Senior Football Championship semi-final.
By Seb Daly
Irish Paralympic swimmer Ellen Keane poses for an underwater portrait at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin.
Waves crash over Clontarf’s sea wall and rush through the port holes of a nearby shelter as Storm Brendan hit the coast road in Dublin.
By Gerry Mooney
Husband and wife team Evelyn Zuniga and Guilherme Sepuveda of Duffy’s Circus perform their flying trapeze act in the big top.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at Hillsborough Castle, Northern Ireland, during discussions on the British-Irish relationship in the context of Brexit.
By Tom Honan
Santa pictured in the Bridge Diner, Dublin with Ethan Ledden (6) and his father Derek Ledden.
By Sam Barnes
Sarah Quinn of St. Colman’s South Mayo AC, left, on her way to winning the Senior Women’s 60m Hurdles event during day two of the Irish Life Health National Senior Indoor Athletics Championships at the National Indoor Arena in Abbotstown, Dublin.
As a southerly storm batters the country, a surfer on the pier in Courtown, Co. Wexford waits for a drop in the swell before taking the plunge.
10-year-old Jake Grennan helps his father Darren Grennan during the evening milking of their herd of organic dairy cows on the family farm in Co. Offaly, April 2020.
The supermoon rising behind the Baily Lighthouse in Howth, Co. Dublin.
One hectic day with medical teams of the Mater Hospital in Dublin battling Covid-19 on the frontline.
By Leon Farrell
Dancer Ghaliah Conroy in The Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, during the world premiere of Before You Say Anything, part of the Dublin Fringe Festival 2020.
Niamh Kelly, principal of Gaelscoil Bhreifne, Cavan, keeps the music flowing despite the wild weather as President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina arrived at the school.
Lorraine Teevan
Fr. Malachy, a parish priest in Co. Louth, travelling in the Pope Mobile used by Pope John Paul II, visiting the people of his parish to give blessings on Holy Thursday because they could not visit church due to the Covid-19 crisis. Pictured receiving his blessing is Malcolm Thornton.
The attendance of Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill at the funeral of IRA veteran Bobby Storey led to the biggest crisis in NI politics since devolution was restored in January. Thousands lined the streets during a pandemic lockdown.
By Sam Barnes
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, reacts after making an attempt to hit a sliothar with a hurley during an engagement at Salthill Knocknacarra GAA Club, Galway, during day three of her visit to Ireland.
A nursing home carer comforts a lonely elderly resident as they socially distance from family and friends during the coronavirus lockdown.
Firemen battle a blaze at the historic Bridgemount House, Ballinafad, Co. Mayo.
The Luke Kelly statue on Guild Street, Dublin, being cleaned by Ross Sheridan on behalf of Dublin City Council after it was defaced.
By Fran Veale
An employee from Lifestyle Sports chases a man down Grafton Street, Dublin.
By Mark Condren
Colleagues of Detective Garda Colm Horkan watch a live stream of his funeral mass in Charlestown, Co. Mayo. Detective Horkan (49) was shot dead in Castlerea in Co. Roscommon.
People practice social distancing as they pray a rosary on Ballyloughane Beach during the Covid-19 pandemic in Galway.
‘Eid-ul-Adha’, the ‘Feast of the Sacrifice’, marking the end of Hajj, is celebrated in Croke Park to allow for social distancing, attended by Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders.
Firemen fight a gorse fire at Caragh Lake, Co. Kerry, in April 2020.
Family and friends comfort the distraught parents of Eoin Hamill.Talented up-and-coming young boxer Eoin Hamill (13) died when he was hit by a car in West Belfast.
By Tom Honan
Barber Alan Kelly cuts the hair of Anthony Remedy in Temple Bar, Dublin as Anthony’s dog Teddy Bear looks on.
By John C Kelly
A man fixes the sound system behind the altar in Tulla, in preparation for the opening of churches to the public as part of the plan to ease Covid-19 restrictions.
A beggar stares onto near-deserted streets as the pandemic-related closure of retail curtails the number of people in Dublin city centre.
By Gerry Mooney
Civil Defence volunteers Lar Griffin, James Turner and Lloyd Whelan who volunteered to transport patients for testing in the fight against Covid-19.
Milo the dog gets passers-by flustered as they think he is in danger, but he has mastered getting his head safely through this fence and back out again.
Robyn Peoples from Belfast and Sharni Edwards from Brighton were the first samesex couple to tie the knot in Northern Ireland.
By Niall Carson
Fr. Paddy McCafferty resumes hearing confessions while observing social distancing though the locked gates of Corpus Christi Church in Ballymurphy, West Belfast.
Sunset over Dublin as we all contemplate the new normal.
Noeline Blackwell, Chief Executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, launches #100consent with 20 of Ireland’s leading TikTokkers to raise awareness of sexual consent issues.
By Tom Honan
Friends Jazmine Mohammad, Jamie Diab and Precious Retuta pictured in high winds in Howth, Co. Dublin.
By Tom Honan
Elena (7) and Lucy (5) Tintori pictured visiting their grandmother Sheela behind a window during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Girls at St. Brigid’s NS, Killygarry, Co. Cavan enjoy themselves during their ‘Wear your Holy Communion dress to school’ day.
By Dan Sheridan
Freddy Allen dives into the sea at the Forty Foot, Co. Dublin while a skywriting display of a heart lingers in the sky.
Carry on Canine Miriam Harper keeps her Pomeranian Clementine dry in a dog pack during a rainy walk in Dublin city centre.
By Seb Daly
A sudden glimpse of the runners and riders as they race down the back straight during the KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes at Leopardstown Racecourse in Dublin.
By Bryan Keane
Paracyclist Aidan Mullane goes full throttle at the Cycling Ireland Time Trial National Championships in Limerick.
By Niall Carson
A surfer braves terrifying waves caused by Atlantic swells in Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo.
By Ramsey Cardy
James Tracy, with the support of his Leinster team-mate James Ryan, holds on tight during the Heineken Champions Cup match between Leinster and Benetton in Treviso, Italy.¸
By Oisin Keniry
Olivia Costello takes a tee shot during the Ireland Girls and Boys Faldo Series at Glasson Lakehouse, Killinure, Co. Westmeath.
By Sam Barnes
Professional Irish wakeboarder David O’Caoimh gets airborne during a training session at Ballyhass Wake Park in Cork.
Munster’s Keith Earls seems sure of scoring a try, unaware that his foot is in touch.
Davy Russell races up the home straight on Envoi Allen to win the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle during Cheltenham Racing Festival at Prestbury Park in England.
By Eoin Noonan
Stephen Lynch of Passage is tackled by Jamie Gleeson and PJ Fanning of Mount Sion during the Waterford County Senior Hurling Championship semi-final match at Walsh Park, Waterford.
James Morrison of England chips onto the 18th green as the light fades on day one of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Golf Championship at Galgorm, Northern Ireland.
By Sam Barnes
Paul Robinson of St. Coca’s AC, Kildare (left) dives for the finish line to win the Men’s 1500m final, beating Sean Tobin by 0.02 seconds during the Irish National Senior Athletics Championships in Dublin.
Corofin’s Kieran Molloy pressures James Webb of Oughterard during the Galway Senior Football Championship in Pearse Stadium, Galway.
By Oisin Keniry
A stray cat ignores the action on the driving range at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai as players warm up for The DP World Tour Championship.
Ironman Stephen Donnelly preparing for a virtual triathlon by swimming in an industrial skip at his home in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Several of Stephen’s international Ironman events were cancelled due to the pandemic.
By Gerry Mooney
Lifelong Dublin GAA fan Gerry Gowran, aka Dublin Gerry, was forced to watch his beloved team from outside Croke Park winning their historic six-in-a-row All Ireland Final.
The GAA Offaly Senior Football Championship match between Clara and Cappincur takes place at Naomh Brid GAA Club at the foot of Croghan Hill without a crowd due to the pandemic.
On Hill 16, torches burn in remembrance of the victims of the 1920 Bloody Sunday massacre in Croke Park. On the pitch, Dublin play Meath in Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship Final.
Brendan Moran
Race horses out training on a chilly morning on the Curragh, Co. Kildare.
By Bryan Keane
Irish swimmer Darragh Greene catches a glimpse of himself from the bottom of the pool during a training session in Longford.
By Sam Barnes
Irish long-jumper Shane Howard of Bandon AC, Co. Cork was forced by Covid-19 restrictions to train at the family farm in Rathcormac, Co. Cork.
Horse racing trainer Ken Condon on the gallops with his horses.
The crowd throw drinks at boxer Gary Cully as he and his trainer celebrate following his defeat of Joe Fitzpatrick in their BUI Irish lightweight title bout at the Ulster Hall in Belfast.
Meighan Farrell flings off her helmet in celebration of Kilkenny beating Galway in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final at Croke Park.
A hare follows the horses up the track in The Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden at The Curragh races.
Mikey Gerbola, owner of Circus Gerbola, in the circus wagon where he was born and raised. Mikey and his team were parked up awaiting news of reopening after Covid-19 restrictions.
By Tom Honan
Dr. Killian Hurley, Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine at Beaumont Hospital and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
Singer-songwriter Loah pictured at the Jameson Distillery, Dublin.
By John C Kelly
East Clare blacksmith Mark Wilson at work in his forge at Mountshannon.
Author and playwright Hilary Fannin photographed close to her home in Howth, Co. Dublin.
Filmmaker John Boorman (87) gets a piggyback from his son Lee as they make their way through the gardens of his home near Annamoe, Co. Wicklow.
By Gary Ashe
A time for reflection for a young girl on the day she was to make her First Holy Communion, postponed due to the pandemic.
Adam King, who stole the nation’s heart with his ‘virtual hugs for everyone’ on The Late Late Toy Show. Adam’s brittle bones mean he cannot fulfil his dream to be an astronaut but he still hopes to work for NASA.
By Joe Dunne
Gimee Etwarysing was four weeks pregnant on arrival to Ireland for a holiday from Mauritius when the pandemic struck. She gave birth to baby Leah while in lockdownin Ireland.
Peter O’Brien at Sandymount Strand, Dublin, to launch One Future, a new campaign group for faster and fairer climate action.
A meteor travels above above rows of fresh-cut turf during the Lyrids meteor shower, viewed from the Dark Sky Park in Ballycroy, Co. Mayo.
A brown booby shakes off the rain drops as he rests. Normally found in the tropics, this one strayed off-course all the way to Ireland’s East coast to become the first brown booby found on the island.
An early morning pedestrian checks her phone as heavy floods hit Cork city centre, following the bursting of the River Lee’s banks.
By John C Kelly
A lightning strike over northwest Ennis, Co. Clare, as seen from Woodstock Hill.
A lone stag wanders through mist in Phoenix Park at sunrise during the annual rut.
By Julien Behal
Part of a project, 37°C, shot during the lockdown between March and late June using the FLIR T1030 thermal camera. 37°C is taken as the average normal human temperature. The thermal camera and the vivid images it captures lend themselves to picturing the hidden danger that is
Covid-19. Individuals whose lives have become affected by Covid-19 over the last few months were matched with thematic pictures of Ireland under lockdown.
By Harry Murphy
Women in their outfits for the 2020 Galway Races Ladies Day, which had to take place online due to Covid-19.
Grief in the era of Covid-19: the funeral of John Gallagher who died of Covid-19. John’s family had to self-isolate and watch the funeral through a live-stream link.
By Tom Honan
Views of Dublin during the first Covid-19 lockdown in spring.
79-year-old Annie Lynch is the first person in Ireland to receive the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.
By Alan Betson
Behind the Scenes in St. Vincents Hospital During COVID-19
By Mark Stedman
Soprano Cerys McAllister warming up her voice before performing in the inaugural Veronica Dunne Bursary Competition at the Museum of Literature Ireland in Dublin.
Shane MacGowan and his partner Victoria Mary Clarke greet President Michael D. Higgins and Sabina Higgins on the red carpet before the premier of the film Citizens of Boomtown.
Anne Walker holds a family portrait of her brother Michael McDaid who was killed on Bloody Sunday 1972, as part of Anything Can Happen 1972: Voices from the Heart of the Troubles at Derry Playhouse Theatre.
Renowned Irish sand artist Sean Corcoran sprawls beside his 110-ft wide Red Kite, created on Killmurin Beach, Co. Waterford, to celebrate St. David’s Day during Ireland’s first ever Wales Week.
RTÉ presenter Ryan Tubridy in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, as Fantastic Mr. Fox for the eagerly-anticipated opening number of the 2020 Late Late Toy Show.
Photographer and visual artist Hazel Coonagh beside her Elements series of embroidered portraits projected on Phoenix Park Wellington Testimonial.
By Gerry Mooney
Artist Joanne Murphy works on her latest creation in the window of Ciaran Nevin’s hair salon in Terenure.
By Niall Carson
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe at a press conference at the Institute of Technology Carlow.
By Niall Carson
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar (left) speaks to the media during a tour of the K-Leisure facility in Naas, Co. Kildare.
Former Sinn Féin party president Gerry Adams canvassing in Dundalk, Co. Louth, with Councillor Ruairi Ó Murchu, Sinn Féin election candidate.
By Tom Honan
Donald Trump’s wax figure seems to dance with Jedward’s figures as it is repositioned at The National Wax Museum.
By Julien Behal
Taoiseach Micheál Martin and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnston emerge from a hedgerow during a ‘walk and talk’ in the gardens of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
By Niall Carson
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US President Donald Trump greet each other in the White House with a Namaste gesture, because of Covid-19 restrictions, during the Taoiseach’s visit to the US.
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin meets 94-yearold Kathleen Findlay, grand-aunt of Fianna Fáil candidate James O’Connor (background), while canvassing in Youghal, Co.Cork.
