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News 2018
END OF THE ROAD
by Justin KernoghanA tired and extremely gaunt looking Martin McGuinness leaving Stormont after handing in his resignation as Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland

By Mark Marlow
Crowds of mourners walk behind the coffin of Martin McGuinness, during his funeral in Derry
By Laura Hutton
Former Chairman of Anglo Irish Bank Sean Fitzpatrick leaves the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after he was acquitted, on charges of misleading Anglo Irish Bank's auditors, by direction of the judge
Molly Martens in shackles as she is escorted to the prison van at Davidson County Court, Lexington, NC, USA, after being convicted for the second degree murder of her husband Jason Corbett
By Mark Condren
Nour Mashour, a malnourished child, receives treatment at an Aleppo Hospital during the Syrian War
By Mark Condren
A homeless couple are awakened by passing members of the Garda ASU, after leaving a "gun call" in Dublin. Ireland has recently seen the highest rate of homelessness on record
A member of the Irish Coast Guard looks out towards a misty Achill as the search continues for Rescue 116, along Blacksod coastline, Co Mayo
By Leon Farrell
Young girls from around Ireland take part in a protest to highlight child marriage and violations against refugee girls
By Tony Gavin
The coffin of Bishop Eamonn Casey is taken to the crypt by members of his family, at the Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas, Galway
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar traverses a ditch after seeing the work of the ESB network repair crews following hurricane Ophelia, at Drumlara, Co Meath
Tadhg Leperff (7-months) with campaigners dressed as handmaids during a lobby for pro-choice at the start of the Oireachtas Committee public sessions on the 8th Amendment at Leinster House, Dublin
The Garda Technical Bureau at the scene in Walterstown Farm, Dunboyne, investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man's body
The family of Irish Coast Guard Captain Dara Fitzpatrick carry her coffin from St Patrick's Church in Glencullen, Co Dublin, to her final resting place
By Colin Keegan
Ibrahim Halawa pictured on his arrival at Dublin Airport, after spending over 4 years in an Egyptian jail