Press Photographers Ireland CLG

SELECTED WORKS

SHORTLISTED - Public Relations - 2025
DARKNESS INTO LIGHT

A photocall ahead of the Darkness Into Light morning, organised by Pieta and supported by Electric Ireland.

SHORTLISTED - Portrait - 2025
SLAM DUNK

Drogheda Wolves’ Christian Simmons poses for a portrait.

3RD PLACE - Portrait - 2025
BRAZIL

Brazil supporters at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2025
GATORADE SHOWER

Galway’s Kieran Molloy throws water on manager Pádraic Joyce as they celebrate winning the Connacht GAA Senior Football Championship Final.

3RD PLACE - Sports Feature - 2025
CLARE REJOICE

Clare players celebrate at the final whistle after winning the All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final.

2ND PLACE - Sports Feature - 2025
TEARS OF JOY

Ireland’s Kellie Harrington celebrates winning the gold medal after the Women’s Boxing 60kg Final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to become the first Irish woman to win medals at two Olympic Games.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2025
DIVING

Team GB’s Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix competes during the Women's 10m Diving competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2025
HANGING AROUND

Italy’s Carlo Macchini in action during the Artistic Gymnastics High Bar Competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2025
FULL STRETCH

Limerick’s Kyle Hayes passes the ball at full stretch as his side compete against Tipperary in the Munster GAA Senior Hurling Championship.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2025
TANGLED UP

India’s Vinesh Phogat takes on Yusneylys Guzmán of Cuba during their Women's Wrestling Freestyle 50kg Semi-final.

2ND PLACE - Sports Action - 2025
TRY TIME

Toulouse’s Matthis Lebel scores their first try despite Josh van der Flier of Leinster during the Investec Champions Cup Final.

3RD PLACE - Nature & The Environment - 2024
TREE OF LIFE

A murmuration at Dysart on Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2024
ALONE HE STANDS

Kilkenny fan Fionn McGivern (aged 2) watches as his side take on Clare during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2024
URC CHAMPIONS

Munster’s Alex Kendellen, Josh Wycherley and Keith Earls celebrate after their side won the BKT United Rugby Championship Final against the Stormers.

2ND PLACE - Sports Action - 2024
FOCUS

Kilkenny’s Martin Keoghan battles for the ball with Dan Morrissey of Limerick during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final.

SHORTLISTED - Nature & The Environment - 2023
BETWEEN THE REEDS

A swan amongst the reeds on Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath.

SHORTLISTED - Nature & The Environment - 2023
IT’S BEHIND YOU

A deer in the background as participants pose for a photo during the 2022 Darkness into Light walk in Killarney National Park.

SHORTLISTED - Portrait - 2023
NURU

Nine-year-old Nuru Joseph poses for a portrait beside her house in Bora Bora Village, Gongoni. Nuru suffers from epilepsy and is non-verbal.

3RD PLACE - Sports Action - 2023
CLASH OF THE ASH

Clare’s John Conlon breaks his hurl as he is tackled by Cian Lynch of Limerick, during an Allianz Hurling League Division 1 game.

SHORTLISTED - News - 2023
TULLAMORE DISTRICT COURT SCENE

A frenzied scene as accused leaves Tullamore District Court after he was remanded in custody charged with the murder of Ashling Murphy.

Shortlisted - Reportage - 2022
ISOLATION

A series of portraits of my family in isolation for 32 days, after they contracted Covid-19.

1ST PLACE - Nature & The Environment - 2022
MURMURATION

A Starling murmuration over Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath

3RD PLACE - Sports Feature - 2022
GOLDEN MOMENT

An emotional Kellie Harrington celebrates with her gold medal after winning the Women’s Lightweight Final in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Shortlisted - Sports Feature - 2022
TRY

Leinster’s Hugo Keenan and James Lowe celebrate as Jordan Larmour scores a try against Exeter Chiefs, during their Heineken Champions Cup Quarter-Final.

Shortlisted - Sports Action - 2022
ALWAYS WATCHING!

Israel’s Li Kochman in action against David Klammert of Czech Republic during their Judo 90kg elimination round.

Shortlisted - Sports Action - 2022
SCORPIO KICK

Ireland’s Jack Wooley (red) performs the scorpio kick against Lucas Lautaro Guzman of Argentina during their Taekwondo bout at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

3RD PLACE - Daily Life & People - 2022
FISHING

Fishermen fishing off Inishmicatreer on Lough Corrib, Co. Galway.

Shortlisted - Daily Life & People - 2022
BANNA STRAND

Members of the public on Banna Strand, Co. Kerry.

Shortlisted - Daily Life & People - 2022
SUNSET ON LOUGH ENNELL

Sunset on Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath.

Shortlisted - Daily Life & People - 2022
SMOKING

A member of the public smokes a cigarette as he walks through long grass at Enniscrone Beach.

1ST PLACE - Sports Action - 2021
FOGGY SEMI-FINAL

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.

2ND PLACE - Sports Non Action - 2021
HE IS RISEN

A fan watches from a graveyard as St. Brigid’s play Boyle behind closed doors in the Roscommon GAA Senior Football Championship semi-final.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Non Action - 2021
THE FIELD

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.

SHORTLISTED - Sports Non Action - 2021
HORSE MAN

Horse racing trainer Ken Condon on the gallops with his horses.

SHORTLISTED - Nature & The Environment - 2021
STARLINGS

Starlings prepare to roost over Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath.

Winning Portfolio - 2021
HURLER ON THE MOON

A view of the super moon near Croghan Hill, Co. Offaly.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO - Winning Portfolio - 2021
GAME FOR DUCKS

RFC Bangor’s Mike Weir after playing Tullamore RFC in the Energia All-Ireland League Division 2C in Tullamore.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO - Winning Portfolio - 2021
SUNSET WALK

A walker strolls in the evening light in Dunmore Wood, Durrow, Co. Offaly.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO - Winning Portfolio - 2021
AIR MAY

England’s Jonny May scores his second try during the Six Nations Championship Round 1 in Stade de France, Paris.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO - Winning Portfolio - 2021
FANS FIND A WAY

Fans manage to watch Cork play Kerry behind closed doors in the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Minor Football Championship Semi-Final in Tralee, Co. Kerry.

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR PORTFOLIO - Winning Portfolio - 2021
RONAN

Former Roscommon footballer Ronan Brady on his Cyr wheel.

2ND PLACE - Reportage - 2020
BETTING RING

A series of images captured during the Galway Racing festival taken in and a

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2019
BEST

Ulster's captain Rory Best looks dejected late in the game as his side are well beaten by Wasps during the European Rugby Champions Cup

SHORTLISTED - Nature & The Environment - 2019
SPRINGER

Springer Spaniel "Henry" enjoys the snow during Storm Emma which gripped the country during March 2018

1ST PLACE - Reportage - 2019
WIND SWEPT RACEGOERS

A view of wind-swept racegoers at the Cheltenham Festival

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2019
HURLING

Clare's Padraic Collins, Shane O’Donnell and John Conlon with Adrian Tuohey and John Hanbury of Galway as they compete for the ball during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final replay

2ND PLACE - Sports Action - 2011
WE ARE IN SUPPORT

Ireland's David Wallace supported by Jonathan Sexton, Keith Earls and Jamie Heaslip during RBS Six Nations Championship game against Wales

3RD PLACE - Sports Non Action - 2013
DEFLATED

Connacht's Tiernan O'Halloran dejected after losing to Biarritz during a Heineken Cup game

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2016
KEEPING WARM

Connacht's Finlay Bealham, Bundee Aki, Shane Delahunt, Ian Porter, John Muldoon, Denis Buckley and Aly Muldowney during their European Challenge Cup game against Enisei-STM in Krasnoyarsk, Russia

SHORTLISTED - Daily Life & People - 2018
SNOW DAY

Hayleigh (7) throws a snowball during a snowy December morning in Tullamore, Co Offaly

SHORTLISTED - Portrait - 2018
REFLECTIONS

12-month-old Chloe watches her reflection in a mirror

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2014
"THE STUFF OF DREAMS"

Clare's Shane O'Donnell gets past Cork’s Shane O’Neill during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final replay

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2015
BOD ROAR

Brian O’Driscoll and Fergus McFadden celebrate at the final whistle, after Ireland beat France to win the 2014 RBS Six Nations Championship

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2014
RONAN'S FINAL BOW

Ronan O’Gara after Munster had lost the Heineken Cup Semi-Final to ASM Clermont Auvergne. This was to be his last game before retirement

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2014
HEAD OF THE FIELD!

Jockey Robbie Power, on Missunited, celebrates after crossing the line to win the Galway Hurdle

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2012
HANGING AROUND

Kilkenny's Richie Hogan tracked by Paddy Stapleton of Tipperary during the GAA Hurling All Ireland Senior Championship Final

SHORTLISTED - Sports Action - 2012
UNDER PRESSURE

Clare's Diarmuid McMahon and Fergal Lynch put pressure on Conor O'Mahony of Tippeary during a Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Semi-Final

SHORTLISTED - Sports Feature - 2008
POC FADA 2008

Competitors stand for the Irish National Anthem before the Irish and American flags. For the first time ever one of the competitors was from America.