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2013

1ST PLACE WINNER
News 2013

A COMMUNITY IN GRIEF...

by John C Kelly

The bodies of two Quilty fishermen are taken from a rescue boat, watched by supportive locals, after a bad boating tradgedy in West Clare.

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MISSING ERIN

By Paul Nicholls

Erin Gallagher , Funeral Mass , Stranorlar Co. Donegal. Erin Committed suicide after being Bullied on a Chat site. Young relative comforted by family member

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MOVED TO TEARS

By Mark Condren

Businessman Sean Quinn becomes emotional during a support rally held for him in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan

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REACHING OUT

By Paul Nicholls

The Body of Nicola Furlong ,from Goery Wexford returns home from Japan. She was murdered in a hotel room. Family members at the scene.

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"LARRY GOES DUTCH"

By "LARRY GOES DUTCH"

Ireland's most notorious rapist and suspected serial killer Larry Murphy,living like a fugitive in Amsterdam,Holland.

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INTO THE FIRE

By Niall Carson

Protesters clash with police in Ardoyne following a 12th of July Orange Order parade in North Belfast.

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A FAMILY UNITED

By Mark Condren

Patricia Quinn, wife of Sean Quinn, sits with her daughters on a trailer during a support rally for her husband in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan

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FINAL GOODBYE

By Mark Condren

A mourner touches the coffin of beloved Irish writer Maeve Binchy at her funeral mass in Dalkey, Co Dublin

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SHOOTING BY APPOINTMENT

By Margaret McLaughlin

Scene of shooting 'by appointment' in Derry alleyway. An 18 years old was brought to the site by his mother to be shot in legs

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ARMCHAIR RIOTER

By William Cherry

A rioter takes a break during riot with PSNI after Orangemen pass the Ardoyne on their return parade from the main demonstration in Belfast.

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DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

By Tony Gavin

A man brakes into a car with an bus emergency hammer on Dublin's Parnell Square.

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NORTH BELFAST TROUBLE

By Jonathan Porter

PSNI officers deal with trouble from nationalist rioters following an Orange Order parade past the Ardoyne shops in north Belfast.

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ALLIANCE ATTACK

By Jonathan Porter

Alliance councillors Michael and Christine Bower's with their daughter Grace after their Bangor home was attacked in relation to ongoing Union Flag protests.

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GORSE FIRE

By Joe O’Shaughnessy

Fire fighters survey a gorse fire as it spreads on the outskirts of Galway City.

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FINAL JOURNEY...

By Garry O’Neill

On there way for burial, Alan Moore's remains pass the house in Lower John Street, Wexford, where he lay alone and undiscovered for weeks.

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IN MEMORY OF SAVITA

By Denis Minihane

A candle-lit vigil organised by Cork Womens Right To Choose group in Cork in memory of Savita Halappanavar who died at University Hospital Galway.

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FORMER ANGLO IRISHBANK CHAIRMAN SEAN FITZPATRICK LEAVES COURT

By Dara MacDónaill

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick was sent forward for trial, pictured leaving the courts after he was served the books of evidence.

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PRAYER SERVICE FOR MISSING EGYPTIAN FISHERMEN

By Dan Linehan

A prayer service by the Egyptian Community for missing fishermen from the Tit Bonhomme on the pier at Union Hall, Cork.

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MISSING MONET

By Cyril Byrne

Photographers record the scene of the missing Monet which was vadalised at the National Gallery of Ireland

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A MOTHERS GRIEF

By Bill Smyth

The mother of Cpl Channing Day is inconsolable at the funeral of her daughter who was killed while serving in Afghanistan.