1ST PLACE WINNER
Nature & The Environment 2018
EAST CORK
by Cathal NoonanLocals enjoying a late kickabout, as the evening light shines on Inch beach, Co Cork.
By Cyril Byrne
A seagull grabs its lunch from a bin in St Stephen's Green
By Niall Carson
A braying deer in Dublin's Phoenix Park, as the rutting season begins
Birds in Dublin's Phoenix Park pictured against the moonlight
By Mark Condren
Siblings Tom and Elsa Dollard, walking on the historic Centre Park Road, Cork, which saw 27 fallen trees after hurricane Ophelia
Capturing monster waves that battered the Co Antrim coast, at Ballintoy, where gales of up to 70mph hit the area in January
By Gerry Mooney
Despite a heavy downpour of rain, people make their way around the site of the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan, Co Offaly
Sammy, who gets fed daily by fishmongers in Wicklow, forgets it is New Year's Day and the fishmonger is closed, as he crosses the road at South Quay
Adrian Marshall, from Booterstown, exercising his dog, Willow, on Sandymount Strand, Dublin
Tiger, a Labrador, soars over a ditch on a snowy morning.