News
2014

Dr.Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar (centre) at the burial of his wife and three teenage children, who died in a suspect arson attack.

As the remains of poet Séamus Heaney leave Donnybrook Church for burial, his widow Marie thanks the public who lined the street and applauded.

A police officer tends to a colleague after Loyalist protesters attacked police with bricks and bottles

A floral tribute, from his children, to murdered Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe at his grave, in Lordship, Co. Louth

A member of the Garda Water Unit searching the area around Arklow Pier after a car plunged into the sea

Martin and Claire O’Sullivan at their home in Kanturk, Co. Cork, just after Claire had been told that bailiffs had arrived to seize their home

Right-to-die activist Marie Fleming, who died following a long battle with illness, is laid to rest at the Holy Trinity Church, Co. Wicklow

Garda Memorial Day – the event remembers deceased members of An Garda Síochána killed in the line of duty

Margaret Bolger pictured at her sons’ funeral. Kenny, Shane and Paul Bolger all died after a fishing accident

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A views from the mountains surrounding Belfast looking down on eleventh night bonfires burning across the city.

Roma boy Iancu Muntean [2] pictured with his Mom Loredana, sister Regina [4] . Iancu was taken into protective custody after questions about his identity.

A young boy sticks out at a pro-life campaign protest on Merrion Square, Dublin

Donncha O’Callaghan, JJ Hanrahan, Ronan O’Gara, Damien Varley and the Munster Rugby team carry the coffin of 16-year-old cancer victim Donal Walsh

Gabrielle O’Gorman reacts as Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. formally apologises on behalf of the State for its role in the Magdalene Laundries

Fiona Doyle outside court after hearing that her father, Patrick O’Brien, had received a suspended sentence for his serial rape of her

A lady listens to speeches, in reaction to Budget 2014, during a protest by pensioners outside Leinster House.

Nadia Hattaoui resisting attempts by the sheriff to evict herself and her mother, Bridget, who is bed bound with cancer