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News 2014
THE FINAL GOODBYE
by Julien BehalCaroline Donohoe, whose husband Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead in January 2013, is flanked by Gardaí as she follows her husband’s coffin

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.
By INJURE
A police officer tends to a colleague after Loyalist protesters attacked police with bricks and bottles
By Ray Cullen
A floral tribute, from his children, to murdered Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe at his grave, in Lordship, Co. Louth
By Niall Carson
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
By Mark Stedman
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
By Tom Honan
Garda Memorial Day – the event remembers deceased members of An Garda Síochána killed in the line of duty
By Tom Honan
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.
By Alan Betson
Nadia Hattaoui resisting attempts by the sheriff to evict herself and her mother, Bridget, who is bed bound with cancer